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Venezuela vs Vietnam statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Venezuela has a population of 28.4M (ranked 53/197), compared with 101M in Vietnam (ranked 16/197). Venezuela's land area is 340,561 sq mi versus 121,016 sq mi for Vietnam (ranked 32nd vs. 67th).

By GDP, Venezuela ranks 33/197 ($482B) and Vietnam ranks 34/197 ($476B). By GDP per capita, Venezuela ranks 66/197 ($15,944), while Vietnam ranks 123/197 ($4,717).

Main facts and rankings

Venezuela Vietnam
Population
28610737
102063551
Population rank 54/197 16/197
GDP
$482B
2014
$476B
2024
GDP rank 33/197 34/197
GDP per capita
$15,944
2014
$4,717
2024
GDP per capita rank 66/197 123/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$17,349
2011
$16,386
2024
Government debt
$410B
2014
$157B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
192.4%
2025
33.6%
2025
Government debt per person
$13,536
2014
$1,550
2024
Government debt per person rank 44/185 127/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$4,514
2025
$4,107
2025
Land area
340,561 sq mi
2025
121,016 sq mi
2025
Population density
83.4 ppl/mi²
2024
835 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
2.08
2023
1.91
2023
Median age
30.2 years
2024
33.9 years
2024
Life expectancy
72.8 years
2025
74.9 years
2025

Venezuela and Vietnam: Comparison Charts

Venezuela and Vietnam economies compared

GDP
Venezuela

Vietnam
Year GDP
Venezuela Vietnam
1960 $7,663,938,303 -
1961 $8,067,267,031 -
1962 $8,814,309,884 -
1963 $9,608,717,288 -
1964 $8,192,413,793 -
1965 $8,427,777,778 -
1966 $8,781,333,333 -
1967 $9,250,000,000 -
1968 $10,034,444,444 -
1969 $10,285,111,111 -
1970 $11,561,111,111 -
1971 $12,986,590,909 -
1972 $13,977,727,273 -
1973 $17,035,581,395 -
1974 $26,100,930,233 -
1975 $27,464,651,163 -
1976 $31,419,534,884 -
1977 $36,210,697,674 -
1978 $39,316,279,070 -
1979 $48,310,930,233 -
1980 $59,116,511,628 -
1981 $66,327,441,860 -
1982 $67,736,744,186 -
1983 $67,556,279,070 -
1984 $59,867,743,468 -
1985 $61,965,466,667 $14,094,687,821
1986 $60,516,123,711 $26,336,616,250
1987 $48,029,034,483 $36,658,108,850
1988 $60,226,413,793 $25,423,812,649
1989 $43,536,709,104 $6,293,304,975
1990 $48,606,952,195 $6,471,740,806
1991 $53,453,444,787 $9,613,369,520
1992 $60,416,519,620 $9,866,990,236
1993 $60,037,460,783 $13,180,953,598
1994 $58,418,666,667 $16,286,433,533
1995 $77,389,487,770 $20,736,164,459
1996 $70,543,211,119 $24,657,470,575
1997 $85,837,678,560 $26,843,700,442
1998 $91,336,763,255 $27,209,602,050
1999 $97,972,842,462 $28,683,659,007
2000 $117,146,466,003 $31,172,518,403
2001 $122,911,036,747 $32,685,198,809
2002 $92,893,587,734 $35,064,105,501
2003 $83,620,628,582 $39,552,513,232
2004 $112,451,400,425 $45,427,854,693
2005 $145,513,489,652 $57,633,255,738
2006 $183,477,522,124 $66,371,664,817
2007 $230,364,012,576 $77,414,425,532
2008 $315,953,388,511 $99,130,304,099
2009 $329,787,628,928 $106,014,659,565
2010 $393,192,354,511 $147,201,173,197
2011 $316,482,190,800 $172,595,049,184
2012 $381,286,237,848 $195,590,661,129
2013 $371,005,379,787 $213,708,811,665
2014 $482,359,318,768 $233,451,469,643
2015 - $239,258,328,382
2016 - $257,096,001,178
2017 - $281,353,605,987
2018 - $310,106,478,395
2019 - $334,365,270,497
2020 - $346,615,738,538
2021 - $366,474,752,771
2022 - $413,445,230,669
2023 - $433,857,681,378
2024 - $476,388,230,307

Venezuela and Vietnam economies compared

GDP per capita
Venezuela

Vietnam
Year GDP per capita
Venezuela Vietnam
1960 $939 -
1961 $954 -
1962 $1,007 -
1963 $1,060 -
1964 $874 -
1965 $869 -
1966 $876 -
1967 $893 -
1968 $938 -
1969 $932 -
1970 $1,015 -
1971 $1,106 -
1972 $1,155 -
1973 $1,367 -
1974 $2,034 -
1975 $2,078 -
1976 $2,309 -
1977 $2,585 -
1978 $2,727 -
1979 $3,257 -
1980 $3,874 -
1981 $4,228 -
1982 $4,202 -
1983 $4,079 -
1984 $3,520 -
1985 $3,549 $238.6
1986 $3,376 $436
1987 $2,611 $595
1988 $3,191 $405
1989 $2,250 $98.1
1990 $2,452 $98.8
1991 $2,633 $143.7
1992 $2,907 $144.5
1993 $2,825 $189.4
1994 $2,689 $229.9
1995 $3,487 $287.8
1996 $3,113 $337
1997 $3,711 $362
1998 $3,870 $361
1999 $4,071 $376
2000 $4,776 $404
2001 $4,920 $419
2002 $3,652 $445
2003 $3,230 $497
2004 $4,269 $565
2005 $5,432 $711
2006 $6,739 $808
2007 $8,332 $926
2008 $11,262 $1,164
2009 $11,597 $1,226
2010 $13,646 $1,683
2011 $10,844 $1,951
2012 $12,901 $2,185
2013 $12,403 $2,360
2014 $15,944 $2,546
2015 - $2,578
2016 - $2,735
2017 - $2,956
2018 - $3,222
2019 - $3,441
2020 - $3,534
2021 - $3,704
2022 - $4,148
2023 - $4,323
2024 - $4,717

Venezuela vs. Vietnam life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Venezuela

Vietnam
Year Life expectancy, years
Venezuela Vietnam
1950 51.1 48
1951 52 48.7
1952 52.7 49.4
1953 53.4 50
1954 54.1 52
1955 54.8 54.8
1956 55.5 55.5
1957 56.2 56.2
1958 56.9 56.8
1959 57.7 57.4
1960 58.4 58
1961 59.1 58.5
1962 59.7 58.2
1963 60.5 56.9
1964 61.2 57.5
1965 61.9 57
1966 62.9 56.9
1967 63.6 56.7
1968 63.9 52.7
1969 63.8 54.8
1970 64.8 54.9
1971 65.2 55.6
1972 65.6 51.9
1973 65.7 55.7
1974 66.2 54.8
1975 66.7 61.9
1976 67.3 63.7
1977 67.7 64.1
1978 68.1 64.5
1979 68.2 65
1980 68.2 65.3
1981 68.7 65.8
1982 69 66.2
1983 69.5 66.5
1984 69.7 66.9
1985 70 67.2
1986 70.5 67.6
1987 70.7 68
1988 70.8 68.6
1989 70.8 68.8
1990 71 69
1991 71.2 69.3
1992 71.2 69.6
1993 71.4 70
1994 71.3 70.4
1995 71.7 70.9
1996 71.9 71.3
1997 72.6 71.7
1998 72.4 72.3
1999 72.1 72.6
2000 72.4 72.7
2001 71 73
2002 72.8 73.1
2003 72.1 73.2
2004 72.8 73.1
2005 73.1 73.2
2006 73 73.3
2007 73.3 73.4
2008 72.6 73.5
2009 72.8 73.5
2010 73.1 73.6
2011 73.1 73.7
2012 73.1 73.8
2013 73.1 73.8
2014 72.8 73.9
2015 73 74
2016 72 74
2017 71.9 74
2018 72.6 74.1
2019 72.8 74.2
2020 72.4 75.4
2021 71.5 74.1
2022 72.6 74.5
2023 72.5 74.6
2024 72.7 74.7
2025 72.8 74.9

Venezuela and Vietnam population clocks and comparison

Population
Venezuela

Vietnam
Year Population
Venezuela Vietnam
1960 8,160,090 32,531,933
1961 8,455,915 33,409,059
1962 8,756,870 34,288,560
1963 9,064,021 35,249,101
1964 9,377,712 36,201,563
1965 9,697,790 37,129,656
1966 10,024,854 38,024,836
1967 10,358,513 38,895,080
1968 10,697,530 39,734,609
1969 11,040,280 40,582,096
1970 11,387,790 41,475,230
1971 11,741,008 42,449,276
1972 12,099,180 43,429,168
1973 12,463,537 44,409,861
1974 12,835,351 45,413,537
1975 13,215,892 46,482,903
1976 13,606,284 47,684,931
1977 14,006,812 48,954,872
1978 14,416,684 50,249,552
1979 14,834,552 51,378,211
1980 15,258,218 52,490,101
1981 15,687,297 53,738,141
1982 16,121,874 55,011,289
1983 16,562,205 56,337,921
1984 17,008,841 57,706,067
1985 17,461,434 59,060,622
1986 17,923,536 60,347,048
1987 18,394,963 61,584,651
1988 18,871,020 62,843,228
1989 19,348,921 64,147,348
1990 19,827,010 65,504,552
1991 20,304,896 66,891,775
1992 20,780,948 68,260,337
1993 21,254,520 69,586,384
1994 21,725,188 70,854,391
1995 22,193,821 72,049,940
1996 22,662,113 73,156,447
1997 23,131,685 74,226,889
1998 23,601,337 75,299,660
1999 24,066,593 76,287,452
2000 24,526,708 77,154,011
2001 24,979,922 77,969,361
2002 25,435,671 78,772,224
2003 25,892,703 79,563,777
2004 26,340,838 80,338,971
2005 26,785,804 81,088,313
2006 27,224,686 82,167,897
2007 27,649,363 83,633,375
2008 28,053,696 85,175,788
2009 28,438,298 86,460,018
2010 28,813,101 87,455,152
2011 29,185,212 88,468,314
2012 29,553,826 89,510,356
2013 29,912,198 90,573,104
2014 30,254,079 91,679,578
2015 30,573,972 92,823,254
2016 30,765,720 94,000,117
2017 30,565,323 95,176,977
2018 29,807,592 96,237,319
2019 28,938,098 97,173,776
2020 28,444,077 98,079,191
2021 28,237,826 98,935,098
2022 28,213,017 99,680,655
2023 28,300,854 100,352,192
2024 28,405,543 100,987,686

Fertility rates in Venezuela and Vietnam

Fertility rate
Venezuela

Vietnam
Year Fertility rate
Venezuela Vietnam
1960 6.38 6.27
1961 6.3 5.48
1962 6.23 6.26
1963 6.16 6.39
1964 6.07 6.29
1965 5.98 6.16
1966 5.87 5.97
1967 5.75 5.88
1968 5.61 6.03
1969 5.47 6.01
1970 5.32 6.02
1971 5.17 6.07
1972 5.04 6.1
1973 4.91 6.11
1974 4.79 5.78
1975 4.69 5.62
1976 4.59 5.46
1977 4.49 5.29
1978 4.4 5.1
1979 4.3 4.94
1980 4.2 4.8
1981 4.1 4.67
1982 4.01 4.59
1983 3.93 4.52
1984 3.86 4.41
1985 3.79 4.21
1986 3.73 3.96
1987 3.67 3.72
1988 3.6 3.62
1989 3.52 3.64
1990 3.45 3.6
1991 3.37 3.52
1992 3.29 3.35
1993 3.22 3.17
1994 3.15 2.94
1995 3.08 2.7
1996 3.02 2.47
1997 2.97 2.27
1998 2.91 2.1
1999 2.86 2
2000 2.79 2.03
2001 2.78 2.02
2002 2.74 2.01
2003 2.7 2
2004 2.64 1.97
2005 2.63 1.89
2006 2.6 1.87
2007 2.52 1.91
2008 2.48 1.93
2009 2.42 1.92
2010 2.4 1.91
2011 2.4 1.93
2012 2.38 1.97
2013 2.33 1.98
2014 2.3 2.09
2015 2.25 2.1
2016 2.22 2
2017 2.18 1.99
2018 2.15 1.88
2019 2.13 1.94
2020 2.12 1.96
2021 2.11 1.94
2022 2.09 1.93
2023 2.08 1.91

Venezuela and Vietnam demographics compared

Median age
Venezuela

Vietnam
Year Median age, years
Venezuela Vietnam
1960 16.6 21.2
1961 16.6 20.7
1962 16.5 20.2
1963 16.5 19.7
1964 16.5 19.2
1965 16.5 18.9
1966 16.6 18.7
1967 16.6 18.5
1968 16.7 18.4
1969 16.9 18.4
1970 17 18.4
1971 17.2 18.4
1972 17.3 18.5
1973 17.5 18.5
1974 17.7 18.6
1975 17.9 18.7
1976 18.1 18.8
1977 18.3 19
1978 18.5 19.1
1979 18.7 19.3
1980 18.8 19.4
1981 19 19.5
1982 19.2 19.6
1983 19.4 19.7
1984 19.6 19.8
1985 19.8 19.9
1986 20 20
1987 20.2 20.1
1988 20.4 20.2
1989 20.6 20.4
1990 20.8 20.5
1991 21 20.7
1992 21.2 20.9
1993 21.4 21.1
1994 21.6 21.4
1995 21.9 21.7
1996 22.1 22
1997 22.3 22.4
1998 22.6 22.9
1999 22.8 23.3
2000 23.1 23.7
2001 23.4 24.2
2002 23.6 24.6
2003 23.9 25
2004 24.1 25.4
2005 24.4 25.8
2006 24.7 26.3
2007 24.9 26.9
2008 25.2 27.4
2009 25.5 27.9
2010 25.8 28.3
2011 26.1 28.7
2012 26.5 29
2013 26.8 29.4
2014 27.1 29.8
2015 27.4 30.2
2016 27.7 30.5
2017 28 30.8
2018 28.4 31.2
2019 28.9 31.6
2020 29.2 32.1
2021 29.6 32.5
2022 29.8 33
2023 30 33.4
2024 30.2 33.9

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Venezuela Vietnam
GNI, Atlas method
$393B
2014
$454B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
15.7%
2025
22%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
0.003%
2023
2.89%
2022
Military expenditure, % of GDP
0.5%
2023
1.81%
2018
Armed forces personnel
343,000
2020
522,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-5.51%
2025
-3.39%
2025
Unemployment rate
7.53%
2020
1.65%
2023
Services, % of GDP
51.7%
2014
42.4%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
37.2%
2014
37.6%
2024
Economic freedom index
27.6
2025
65.2
2025
Income share by richest 10%
33.2%
2006
28.1%
2022
Income share by poorest 10%
1.2%
2006
2.6%
2022
Number of billionaires
1
2025
5
2025
Percentage of billionaires
0.000005%
2025
0.000007%
2025
Listed domestic companies
37
2014
393
2024
Market capitalization of domestic companies
$3.98B
2002
$205B
2024
Total reserves including gold
$9.79B
2017
$83.1B
2024
Personal remittances received
$0
2023
$16B
2024
International tourist arrivals
429,000
2017
3,837,000
2020
International tourism as share of exports
1.9%
2016
1.11%
2020
Banked people share
87.3%
2024
70.6%
2024

Energy

Venezuela Vietnam
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
1,478 kg
2022
1,023 kg
2022
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$7.51
2011
$13.6
2022
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
84.6 megatons
2023
373 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
2.99 tons
2023
3.72 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
85.9%
2022
79.4%
2022
Renewable energy use share
33.7%
2021
24.2%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
13.3%
2022
11.3%
2022
Net energy imports use share
-73.9%
2022
34%
2022
Electric power consumption per capita
1,989 kWh
2022
2,624 kWh
2022
Renewable electricity output share
75.4%
2021
41.2%
2021
Hydroelectric share
78.3%
2022
34.7%
2022
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
100%
2023
99.8%
2023

Society

Venezuela Vietnam
% of world population
0.35%
2024
1.24%
2024
Annual migration change
-105,297
2024
-59,645
2024
Urban population
88.5%
2024
40.2%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.69 ft
2025
5.54 ft
2025
Average female height
5.25 ft
2025
5.2 ft
2025
Quality of life index
28.7
2025
47.3
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
10
2024
40
2024
Higher education index
62
2025
52
2025
Homicides per 100K people
12.6
2022
1.54
2011
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
39
2019
30.6
2019
Visa free countries
125
2025
69
2025
Adult literacy rate
97.6%
2022
96.1%
2022
English speaking
1%
2025
16%
2025
People using the Internet
61.6%
2017
84.2%
2024

Health

Venezuela Vietnam
Government health expenditure per capita
$208.6
2022
$188.9
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$51.9
2022
$74.7
2022
Life expectancy
72.8 years
2025
74.9 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
0.71%
2022
1.59%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
1.66
2017
0.83
2016
Maternal mortality per 100K births
227
2023
48
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
24.3
2023
20
2023
Obesity rate
23.3%
2022
2.04%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
8.6%
2024
3.4%
2024
Air quality index
73
2025
18
2025
Tobacco use prevalence n/a
22.5%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
1.99 liters
2020
8.04 liters
2020

Territory

Venezuela Vietnam
% of world land
0.59%
2025
0.21%
2025
Land area per capita
11,989 sq mi
2024
1,198 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
83,012 sq mi
2025
47,456 sq mi
2025
Forest area
177,888 sq mi
2025
57,416 sq mi
2025
Roads length
59,769 mi
2014
354,460 mi
2019

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