The latest officially reported population of Norway was 5,572,272 in 2024 vs 100,987,686 people in Vietnam in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Norway's population is 5,642,662 people compared to 102,063,551 in Vietnam.
Population statistics:
- Vietnam's population is 18.1 times bigger than Norway's.
- Norway is ranked the 119th most populous country in the world, while Vietnam is the 16th.
- The countries together account for 1.3% of the world: 0.07% for Norway vs 1.23% for Vietnam.
- For the last 10 years, Norway has had an average growth rate of +0.85% per year vs +0.99% in Vietnam.
- Since 2005, the population of Norway has increased from 4.62M people to 5.64M (22% growth), while Vietnam has grown from 81.1M to 102M (25.9% growth).
- Norway is projected to reach its peak in 2050 at 5.9M people compared to the peak of 110M people in 2049 for Vietnam.
Norway vs Vietnam: live population counter
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| Current population |
5642662
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102063551
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| Population rank | 119/197 | 16/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.07% | 1.23% |
| One net population change |
9.98 minutes
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49.6 seconds
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| One birth every |
10.1 minutes
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22.7 seconds
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| One death every |
12.1 minutes
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47.8 seconds
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| One migration net change every |
11.8 minutes
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8.81 minutes
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| Annual migration change | +44,356 | -59,645 |
| Daily growth/decline | +144 | +1,741 |
| Annual growth/decline | +52,678 | +635,494 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +0.95% | +0.63% |
| Population growth rate rank | 107/197 | 124/197 |
Norway and Vietnam: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 3,581,239 | 32,531,933 | - | - |
| 1961 | 3,609,800 | 33,409,059 | 0.8% | 2.7% |
| 1962 | 3,638,918 | 34,288,560 | 0.81% | 2.63% |
| 1963 | 3,666,537 | 35,249,101 | 0.76% | 2.8% |
| 1964 | 3,694,339 | 36,201,563 | 0.76% | 2.7% |
| 1965 | 3,723,168 | 37,129,656 | 0.78% | 2.56% |
| 1966 | 3,753,012 | 38,024,836 | 0.8% | 2.41% |
| 1967 | 3,784,539 | 38,895,080 | 0.84% | 2.29% |
| 1968 | 3,816,486 | 39,734,609 | 0.84% | 2.16% |
| 1969 | 3,847,707 | 40,582,096 | 0.82% | 2.13% |
| 1970 | 3,875,763 | 41,475,230 | 0.73% | 2.2% |
| 1971 | 3,903,039 | 42,449,276 | 0.7% | 2.35% |
| 1972 | 3,933,004 | 43,429,168 | 0.77% | 2.31% |
| 1973 | 3,960,612 | 44,409,861 | 0.7% | 2.26% |
| 1974 | 3,985,258 | 45,413,537 | 0.62% | 2.26% |
| 1975 | 4,007,313 | 46,482,903 | 0.55% | 2.35% |
| 1976 | 4,026,152 | 47,684,931 | 0.47% | 2.59% |
| 1977 | 4,043,205 | 48,954,872 | 0.42% | 2.66% |
| 1978 | 4,058,671 | 50,249,552 | 0.38% | 2.64% |
| 1979 | 4,072,517 | 51,378,211 | 0.34% | 2.25% |
| 1980 | 4,085,620 | 52,490,101 | 0.32% | 2.16% |
| 1981 | 4,099,702 | 53,738,141 | 0.34% | 2.38% |
| 1982 | 4,114,787 | 55,011,289 | 0.37% | 2.37% |
| 1983 | 4,128,432 | 56,337,921 | 0.33% | 2.41% |
| 1984 | 4,140,099 | 57,706,067 | 0.28% | 2.43% |
| 1985 | 4,152,516 | 59,060,622 | 0.3% | 2.35% |
| 1986 | 4,167,354 | 60,347,048 | 0.36% | 2.18% |
| 1987 | 4,186,905 | 61,584,651 | 0.47% | 2.05% |
| 1988 | 4,209,488 | 62,843,228 | 0.54% | 2.04% |
| 1989 | 4,226,901 | 64,147,348 | 0.41% | 2.08% |
| 1990 | 4,241,473 | 65,504,552 | 0.34% | 2.12% |
| 1991 | 4,261,732 | 66,891,775 | 0.48% | 2.12% |
| 1992 | 4,286,401 | 68,260,337 | 0.58% | 2.05% |
| 1993 | 4,311,991 | 69,586,384 | 0.6% | 1.94% |
| 1994 | 4,336,613 | 70,854,391 | 0.57% | 1.82% |
| 1995 | 4,359,184 | 72,049,940 | 0.52% | 1.69% |
| 1996 | 4,381,336 | 73,156,447 | 0.51% | 1.54% |
| 1997 | 4,405,157 | 74,226,889 | 0.54% | 1.46% |
| 1998 | 4,431,464 | 75,299,660 | 0.6% | 1.45% |
| 1999 | 4,461,913 | 76,287,452 | 0.69% | 1.31% |
| 2000 | 4,490,967 | 77,154,011 | 0.65% | 1.14% |
| 2001 | 4,513,751 | 77,969,361 | 0.51% | 1.06% |
| 2002 | 4,538,159 | 78,772,224 | 0.54% | 1.03% |
| 2003 | 4,564,855 | 79,563,777 | 0.59% | 1% |
| 2004 | 4,591,910 | 80,338,971 | 0.59% | 0.97% |
| 2005 | 4,623,291 | 81,088,313 | 0.68% | 0.93% |
| 2006 | 4,660,677 | 82,167,897 | 0.81% | 1.33% |
| 2007 | 4,709,153 | 83,633,375 | 1.04% | 1.78% |
| 2008 | 4,768,212 | 85,175,788 | 1.25% | 1.84% |
| 2009 | 4,828,726 | 86,460,018 | 1.27% | 1.51% |
| 2010 | 4,889,252 | 87,455,152 | 1.25% | 1.15% |
| 2011 | 4,953,088 | 88,468,314 | 1.31% | 1.16% |
| 2012 | 5,018,573 | 89,510,356 | 1.32% | 1.18% |
| 2013 | 5,079,623 | 90,573,104 | 1.22% | 1.19% |
| 2014 | 5,137,232 | 91,679,578 | 1.13% | 1.22% |
| 2015 | 5,188,607 | 92,823,254 | 1% | 1.25% |
| 2016 | 5,234,519 | 94,000,117 | 0.88% | 1.27% |
| 2017 | 5,276,968 | 95,176,977 | 0.81% | 1.25% |
| 2018 | 5,311,916 | 96,237,319 | 0.66% | 1.11% |
| 2019 | 5,347,896 | 97,173,776 | 0.68% | 0.97% |
| 2020 | 5,379,475 | 98,079,191 | 0.59% | 0.93% |
| 2021 | 5,408,320 | 98,935,098 | 0.54% | 0.87% |
| 2022 | 5,457,127 | 99,680,655 | 0.9% | 0.75% |
| 2023 | 5,519,594 | 100,352,192 | 1.14% | 0.67% |
| 2024 | 5,572,272 | 100,987,686 | 0.95% | 0.63% |
| 2025 | 5,618,653 | 101,598,531 | 0.83% | 0.6% |
| 2026 | 5,648,542 | 102,177,434 | 0.53% | 0.57% |
| 2027 | 5,669,085 | 102,727,392 | 0.36% | 0.54% |
| 2028 | 5,688,775 | 103,255,746 | 0.35% | 0.51% |
| 2029 | 5,707,206 | 103,761,151 | 0.32% | 0.49% |
| 2030 | 5,724,586 | 104,254,900 | 0.3% | 0.48% |
| 2031 | 5,741,140 | 104,737,913 | 0.29% | 0.46% |
| 2032 | 5,756,663 | 105,204,401 | 0.27% | 0.45% |
| 2033 | 5,771,048 | 105,656,307 | 0.25% | 0.43% |
| 2034 | 5,784,408 | 106,097,515 | 0.23% | 0.42% |
| 2035 | 5,796,851 | 106,530,671 | 0.22% | 0.41% |
| 2036 | 5,808,721 | 106,945,842 | 0.2% | 0.39% |
| 2037 | 5,819,995 | 107,346,046 | 0.19% | 0.37% |
| 2038 | 5,830,604 | 107,732,019 | 0.18% | 0.36% |
| 2039 | 5,840,493 | 108,097,653 | 0.17% | 0.34% |
| 2040 | 5,849,273 | 108,437,634 | 0.15% | 0.31% |
| 2041 | 5,857,345 | 108,752,199 | 0.14% | 0.29% |
| 2042 | 5,864,766 | 109,040,314 | 0.13% | 0.26% |
| 2043 | 5,870,957 | 109,292,559 | 0.11% | 0.23% |
| 2044 | 5,876,291 | 109,506,274 | 0.09% | 0.2% |
| 2045 | 5,881,391 | 109,685,396 | 0.09% | 0.16% |
| 2046 | 5,885,772 | 109,827,664 | 0.07% | 0.13% |
| 2047 | 5,889,156 | 109,930,243 | 0.06% | 0.09% |
| 2048 | 5,892,131 | 109,994,024 | 0.05% | 0.06% |
| 2049 | 5,894,300 | 110,018,017 | 0.04% | 0.02% |
| 2050 | 5,895,192 | 110,008,910 | 0.02% | -0.008% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Norway increased by 565,316 people (a 12.2% growth), while Vietnam gained 11,734,941 people (a 14.5% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Norway gained 454,055 (a 8.75% growth), while Vietnam's population increased by 9,240,297 (a 9.95% growth).
Norway was ranked 116th most populous country in 2005 and is 119th 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) Norway's population will grow by 4.48% to 5,895,192 people with a rank change from 119th to 121st. The population of Vietnam will increase by 7.78% to 110,008,910 people and will still be ranked 16th.
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Population differences between Norway and Vietnam
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| Life expectancy | 83.6 years | 74.9 years |
| Average age | 41.3 years | 34.6 years |
| Median age | 40.7 years | 33.9 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 50.4:49.6 | 49:51 |
| Fertility rate | 1.4 births per woman | 1.91 births per woman |
| Population density | 39.6 ppl/mi² | 835 ppl/mi² |
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