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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Kiribati	Vietnam	Kiribati	Vietnam
1960	47,157	32,531,933	-	-
1961	48,323	33,409,059	2.47%	2.7%
1962	49,538	34,288,560	2.51%	2.63%
1963	50,791	35,249,101	2.53%	2.8%
1964	52,088	36,201,563	2.55%	2.7%
1965	53,439	37,129,656	2.59%	2.56%
1966	54,425	38,024,836	1.85%	2.41%
1967	54,996	38,895,080	1.05%	2.29%
1968	55,529	39,734,609	0.97%	2.16%
1969	56,360	40,582,096	1.5%	2.13%
1970	57,510	41,475,230	2.04%	2.2%
1971	58,652	42,449,276	1.99%	2.35%
1972	59,778	43,429,168	1.92%	2.31%
1973	60,824	44,409,861	1.75%	2.26%
1974	61,219	45,413,537	0.65%	2.26%
1975	60,987	46,482,903	-0.38%	2.35%
1976	60,661	47,684,931	-0.53%	2.59%
1977	60,267	48,954,872	-0.65%	2.66%
1978	59,864	50,249,552	-0.67%	2.64%
1979	60,172	51,378,211	0.51%	2.25%
1980	61,148	52,490,101	1.62%	2.16%
1981	62,121	53,738,141	1.59%	2.38%
1982	63,134	55,011,289	1.63%	2.37%
1983	64,169	56,337,921	1.64%	2.41%
1984	65,228	57,706,067	1.65%	2.43%
1985	66,496	59,060,622	1.94%	2.35%
1986	68,059	60,347,048	2.35%	2.18%
1987	69,733	61,584,651	2.46%	2.05%
1988	71,427	62,843,228	2.43%	2.04%
1989	73,147	64,147,348	2.41%	2.08%
1990	74,855	65,504,552	2.34%	2.12%
1991	76,367	66,891,775	2.02%	2.12%
1992	77,641	68,260,337	1.67%	2.05%
1993	78,841	69,586,384	1.55%	1.94%
1994	80,021	70,854,391	1.5%	1.82%
1995	81,234	72,049,940	1.52%	1.69%
1996	82,623	73,156,447	1.71%	1.54%
1997	84,147	74,226,889	1.84%	1.46%
1998	85,657	75,299,660	1.79%	1.45%
1999	87,126	76,287,452	1.71%	1.31%
2000	88,613	77,154,011	1.71%	1.14%
2001	90,335	77,969,361	1.94%	1.06%
2002	92,264	78,772,224	2.14%	1.03%
2003	94,175	79,563,777	2.07%	1%
2004	96,085	80,338,971	2.03%	0.97%
2005	98,035	81,088,313	2.03%	0.93%
2006	100,017	82,167,897	2.02%	1.33%
2007	102,068	83,633,375	2.05%	1.78%
2008	104,222	85,175,788	2.11%	1.84%
2009	106,467	86,460,018	2.15%	1.51%
2010	108,704	87,455,152	2.1%	1.15%
2011	110,647	88,468,314	1.79%	1.16%
2012	112,284	89,510,356	1.48%	1.18%
2013	113,838	90,573,104	1.38%	1.19%
2014	115,326	91,679,578	1.31%	1.22%
2015	116,815	92,823,254	1.29%	1.25%
2016	118,478	94,000,117	1.42%	1.27%
2017	120,275	95,176,977	1.52%	1.25%
2018	122,084	96,237,319	1.5%	1.11%
2019	123,921	97,173,776	1.5%	0.97%
2020	126,099	98,079,191	1.76%	0.93%
2021	128,377	98,935,098	1.81%	0.87%
2022	130,469	99,680,655	1.63%	0.75%
2023	132,530	100,352,192	1.58%	0.67%
2024	134,518	100,987,686	1.5%	0.63%
2025	136,501	101,598,531	1.47%	0.6%
2026	138,451	102,177,434	1.43%	0.57%
2027	140,405	102,727,392	1.41%	0.54%
2028	142,335	103,255,746	1.37%	0.51%
2029	144,231	103,761,151	1.33%	0.49%
2030	146,130	104,254,900	1.32%	0.48%
2031	148,028	104,737,913	1.3%	0.46%
2032	149,915	105,204,401	1.27%	0.45%
2033	151,768	105,656,307	1.24%	0.43%
2034	153,602	106,097,515	1.21%	0.42%
2035	155,447	106,530,671	1.2%	0.41%
2036	157,316	106,945,842	1.2%	0.39%
2037	159,188	107,346,046	1.19%	0.37%
2038	161,050	107,732,019	1.17%	0.36%
2039	162,895	108,097,653	1.15%	0.34%
2040	164,711	108,437,634	1.11%	0.31%
2041	166,508	108,752,199	1.09%	0.29%
2042	168,325	109,040,314	1.09%	0.26%
2043	170,182	109,292,559	1.1%	0.23%
2044	172,012	109,506,274	1.08%	0.2%
2045	173,818	109,685,396	1.05%	0.16%
2046	175,629	109,827,664	1.04%	0.13%
2047	177,392	109,930,243	1%	0.09%
2048	179,152	109,994,024	0.99%	0.06%
2049	180,915	110,018,017	0.98%	0.02%
2050	182,629	110,008,910	0.95%	-0.008%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Kiribati increased by 18,780 people (a 19.2% growth), while Vietnam gained 11,734,941 people (a 14.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Kiribati gained 21,252 (a 18.2% growth), while Vietnam's population increased by 9,240,297 (a 9.95% growth).

Kiribati was ranked 183rd most populous country in 2005 and is 180th 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) Kiribati's population will grow by 32.3% to 182,629 people with a rank change from 180th to 178th. The population of Vietnam will increase by 7.78% to 110,008,910 people and will still be ranked 16th.