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Population in Greece compared to Vietnam: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Greece was 10,388,805 in 2024 vs 100,987,686 people in Vietnam in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Greece's population is 10,276,140 people compared to 102,063,551 in Vietnam.

Population statistics:

  • Vietnam's population is 9.93 times bigger than Greece's.
  • Greece is ranked the 95th most populous country in the world, while Vietnam is the 16th.
  • The countries together account for 1.36% of the world: 0.12% for Greece vs 1.23% for Vietnam.
  • For the last 10 years, Greece has had an average growth rate of -0.49% per year vs +0.99% in Vietnam.
  • Since 2005, the population of Greece has decreased from 11M people to 10.3M (6.47% decline), while Vietnam has grown from 81.1M to 102M (25.9% growth).
  • Vietnam is projected to reach its peak in 2049 at 110M people, while Greece's population already peaked in 2010 at 11.1M people and is projected to decrease to 6.49M people by 2100.

Greece vs Vietnam: live population counter

Greece Vietnam
Current population
10276140
102063551
Population rank 95/197 16/197
Percent of world population 0.12% 1.23%
One net population change
31.3 minutes
49.6 seconds
One birth every
7.43 minutes
22.7 seconds
One death every
4.14 minutes
47.8 seconds
One migration net change every
4.28 minutes
8.81 minutes
Annual migration change -122,772 -59,645
Daily growth/decline -46 +1,741
Annual growth/decline -16,783 +635,494
Annual growth/decline rate -0.16% +0.63%
Population growth rate rank 175/197 124/197

Greece and Vietnam: population history and growth rate by year chart

Greece
Population

Growth rate
Vietnam
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Greece Vietnam Greece Vietnam
1960 8,331,725 32,531,933 - -
1961 8,398,050 33,409,059 0.8% 2.7%
1962 8,448,233 34,288,560 0.6% 2.63%
1963 8,479,625 35,249,101 0.37% 2.8%
1964 8,510,429 36,201,563 0.36% 2.7%
1965 8,550,333 37,129,656 0.47% 2.56%
1966 8,613,651 38,024,836 0.74% 2.41%
1967 8,684,088 38,895,080 0.82% 2.29%
1968 8,740,765 39,734,609 0.65% 2.16%
1969 8,772,764 40,582,096 0.37% 2.13%
1970 8,792,806 41,475,230 0.23% 2.2%
1971 8,831,036 42,449,276 0.43% 2.35%
1972 8,888,628 43,429,168 0.65% 2.31%
1973 8,929,086 44,409,861 0.46% 2.26%
1974 8,962,022 45,413,537 0.37% 2.26%
1975 9,046,541 46,482,903 0.94% 2.35%
1976 9,188,150 47,684,931 1.57% 2.59%
1977 9,308,479 48,954,872 1.31% 2.66%
1978 9,429,959 50,249,552 1.31% 2.64%
1979 9,548,258 51,378,211 1.25% 2.25%
1980 9,642,505 52,490,101 0.99% 2.16%
1981 9,729,350 53,738,141 0.9% 2.38%
1982 9,789,513 55,011,289 0.62% 2.37%
1983 9,846,627 56,337,921 0.58% 2.41%
1984 9,895,801 57,706,067 0.5% 2.43%
1985 9,934,300 59,060,622 0.39% 2.35%
1986 9,967,213 60,347,048 0.33% 2.18%
1987 10,000,595 61,584,651 0.33% 2.05%
1988 10,036,983 62,843,228 0.36% 2.04%
1989 10,089,498 64,147,348 0.52% 2.08%
1990 10,196,792 65,504,552 1.06% 2.12%
1991 10,319,927 66,891,775 1.21% 2.12%
1992 10,399,061 68,260,337 0.77% 2.05%
1993 10,460,415 69,586,384 0.59% 1.94%
1994 10,512,922 70,854,391 0.5% 1.82%
1995 10,562,153 72,049,940 0.47% 1.69%
1996 10,608,800 73,156,447 0.44% 1.54%
1997 10,661,259 74,226,889 0.49% 1.46%
1998 10,720,509 75,299,660 0.56% 1.45%
1999 10,761,698 76,287,452 0.38% 1.31%
2000 10,805,808 77,154,011 0.41% 1.14%
2001 10,862,132 77,969,361 0.52% 1.06%
2002 10,902,022 78,772,224 0.37% 1.03%
2003 10,928,070 79,563,777 0.24% 1%
2004 10,955,141 80,338,971 0.25% 0.97%
2005 10,987,314 81,088,313 0.29% 0.93%
2006 11,020,362 82,167,897 0.3% 1.33%
2007 11,048,473 83,633,375 0.26% 1.78%
2008 11,077,841 85,175,788 0.27% 1.84%
2009 11,107,017 86,460,018 0.26% 1.51%
2010 11,121,341 87,455,152 0.13% 1.15%
2011 11,104,899 88,468,314 -0.15% 1.16%
2012 11,045,011 89,510,356 -0.54% 1.18%
2013 10,965,211 90,573,104 -0.72% 1.19%
2014 10,892,413 91,679,578 -0.66% 1.22%
2015 10,820,883 92,823,254 -0.66% 1.25%
2016 10,775,971 94,000,117 -0.42% 1.27%
2017 10,754,679 95,176,977 -0.2% 1.25%
2018 10,732,882 96,237,319 -0.2% 1.11%
2019 10,721,582 97,173,776 -0.11% 0.97%
2020 10,698,599 98,079,191 -0.21% 0.93%
2021 10,569,207 98,935,098 -1.21% 0.87%
2022 10,436,882 99,680,655 -1.25% 0.75%
2023 10,405,588 100,352,192 -0.3% 0.67%
2024 10,388,805 100,987,686 -0.16% 0.63%
2025 10,276,140 101,598,531 -1.08% 0.6%
2026 10,232,997 102,177,434 -0.42% 0.57%
2027 10,188,386 102,727,392 -0.44% 0.54%
2028 10,143,203 103,255,746 -0.44% 0.51%
2029 10,097,603 103,761,151 -0.45% 0.49%
2030 10,051,921 104,254,900 -0.45% 0.48%
2031 10,006,045 104,737,913 -0.46% 0.46%
2032 9,959,048 105,204,401 -0.47% 0.45%
2033 9,911,765 105,656,307 -0.47% 0.43%
2034 9,865,342 106,097,515 -0.47% 0.42%
2035 9,818,783 106,530,671 -0.47% 0.41%
2036 9,772,426 106,945,842 -0.47% 0.39%
2037 9,726,502 107,346,046 -0.47% 0.37%
2038 9,680,639 107,732,019 -0.47% 0.36%
2039 9,635,315 108,097,653 -0.47% 0.34%
2040 9,590,401 108,437,634 -0.47% 0.31%
2041 9,545,637 108,752,199 -0.47% 0.29%
2042 9,501,568 109,040,314 -0.46% 0.26%
2043 9,457,398 109,292,559 -0.46% 0.23%
2044 9,411,943 109,506,274 -0.48% 0.2%
2045 9,365,737 109,685,396 -0.49% 0.16%
2046 9,319,023 109,827,664 -0.5% 0.13%
2047 9,269,970 109,930,243 -0.53% 0.09%
2048 9,218,699 109,994,024 -0.55% 0.06%
2049 9,165,668 110,018,017 -0.58% 0.02%
2050 9,111,122 110,008,910 -0.6% -0.008%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Greece decreased by 166,431 people (a 1.51% decline), while Vietnam gained 11,734,941 people (a 14.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Greece lost -544,743 (a 5.03% decline), while Vietnam's population increased by 9,240,297 (a 9.95% growth).

Greece was ranked 74th most populous country in 2005 and is 95th in 2025. Vietnam was ranked 15th in 2005 and ranked 16th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Greece's population will shrink by 11.3% to 9,111,122 people with a rank change from 95th to 106th. The population of Vietnam will increase by 7.78% to 110,008,910 people and will still be ranked 16th.

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