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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Thailand	Vietnam	Thailand	Vietnam
1960	26,851,747	32,531,933	-	-
1961	27,650,334	33,409,059	2.97%	2.7%
1962	28,481,040	34,288,560	3%	2.63%
1963	29,342,322	35,249,101	3.02%	2.8%
1964	30,232,141	36,201,563	3.03%	2.7%
1965	31,149,337	37,129,656	3.03%	2.56%
1966	32,086,071	38,024,836	3.01%	2.41%
1967	33,037,801	38,895,080	2.97%	2.29%
1968	34,002,560	39,734,609	2.92%	2.16%
1969	34,973,782	40,582,096	2.86%	2.13%
1970	35,954,408	41,475,230	2.8%	2.2%
1971	36,937,387	42,449,276	2.73%	2.35%
1972	37,933,929	43,429,168	2.7%	2.31%
1973	38,947,787	44,409,861	2.67%	2.26%
1974	39,952,891	45,413,537	2.58%	2.26%
1975	40,940,005	46,482,903	2.47%	2.35%
1976	41,896,504	47,684,931	2.34%	2.59%
1977	42,843,974	48,954,872	2.26%	2.66%
1978	43,788,976	50,249,552	2.21%	2.64%
1979	44,718,434	51,378,211	2.12%	2.25%
1980	45,650,022	52,490,101	2.08%	2.16%
1981	46,575,855	53,738,141	2.03%	2.38%
1982	47,494,577	55,011,289	1.97%	2.37%
1983	48,423,309	56,337,921	1.96%	2.41%
1984	49,351,708	57,706,067	1.92%	2.43%
1985	50,270,753	59,060,622	1.86%	2.35%
1986	51,177,834	60,347,048	1.8%	2.18%
1987	52,074,105	61,584,651	1.75%	2.05%
1988	52,969,595	62,843,228	1.72%	2.04%
1989	53,848,956	64,147,348	1.66%	2.08%
1990	54,738,329	65,504,552	1.65%	2.12%
1991	55,637,434	66,891,775	1.64%	2.12%
1992	56,528,834	68,260,337	1.6%	2.05%
1993	57,408,198	69,586,384	1.56%	1.94%
1994	58,260,854	70,854,391	1.49%	1.82%
1995	59,098,232	72,049,940	1.44%	1.69%
1996	59,920,064	73,156,447	1.39%	1.54%
1997	60,724,584	74,226,889	1.34%	1.46%
1998	61,522,630	75,299,660	1.31%	1.45%
1999	62,299,043	76,287,452	1.26%	1.31%
2000	63,007,815	77,154,011	1.14%	1.14%
2001	63,651,141	77,969,361	1.02%	1.06%
2002	64,266,437	78,772,224	0.97%	1.03%
2003	64,868,166	79,563,777	0.94%	1%
2004	65,452,047	80,338,971	0.9%	0.97%
2005	66,017,420	81,088,313	0.86%	0.93%
2006	66,567,687	82,167,897	0.83%	1.33%
2007	67,102,394	83,633,375	0.8%	1.78%
2008	67,619,830	85,175,788	0.77%	1.84%
2009	68,121,080	86,460,018	0.74%	1.51%
2010	68,579,447	87,455,152	0.67%	1.15%
2011	69,007,208	88,468,314	0.62%	1.16%
2012	69,436,098	89,510,356	0.62%	1.18%
2013	69,845,114	90,573,104	0.59%	1.19%
2014	70,216,367	91,679,578	0.53%	1.22%
2015	70,540,795	92,823,254	0.46%	1.25%
2016	70,859,841	94,000,117	0.45%	1.27%
2017	71,160,187	95,176,977	0.42%	1.25%
2018	71,376,079	96,237,319	0.3%	1.11%
2019	71,522,271	97,173,776	0.2%	0.97%
2020	71,641,484	98,079,191	0.17%	0.93%
2021	71,727,332	98,935,098	0.12%	0.87%
2022	71,735,329	99,680,655	0.01%	0.75%
2023	71,702,435	100,352,192	-0.05%	0.67%
2024	71,668,011	100,987,686	-0.05%	0.63%
2025	71,619,867	101,598,531	-0.07%	0.6%
2026	71,559,621	102,177,434	-0.08%	0.57%
2027	71,488,156	102,727,392	-0.1%	0.54%
2028	71,406,996	103,255,746	-0.11%	0.51%
2029	71,316,195	103,761,151	-0.13%	0.49%
2030	71,215,017	104,254,900	-0.14%	0.48%
2031	71,104,025	104,737,913	-0.16%	0.46%
2032	70,982,286	105,204,401	-0.17%	0.45%
2033	70,847,947	105,656,307	-0.19%	0.43%
2034	70,701,651	106,097,515	-0.21%	0.42%
2035	70,540,884	106,530,671	-0.23%	0.41%
2036	70,366,496	106,945,842	-0.25%	0.39%
2037	70,180,031	107,346,046	-0.26%	0.37%
2038	69,979,034	107,732,019	-0.29%	0.36%
2039	69,763,928	108,097,653	-0.31%	0.34%
2040	69,535,003	108,437,634	-0.33%	0.31%
2041	69,288,477	108,752,199	-0.35%	0.29%
2042	69,025,348	109,040,314	-0.38%	0.26%
2043	68,748,075	109,292,559	-0.4%	0.23%
2044	68,456,533	109,506,274	-0.42%	0.2%
2045	68,150,148	109,685,396	-0.45%	0.16%
2046	67,827,309	109,827,664	-0.47%	0.13%
2047	67,489,358	109,930,243	-0.5%	0.09%
2048	67,136,737	109,994,024	-0.52%	0.06%
2049	66,767,316	110,018,017	-0.55%	0.02%
2050	66,382,732	110,008,910	-0.58%	-0.008%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Thailand increased by 4,292,154 people (a 6.45% growth), while Vietnam gained 11,832,220 people (a 14.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Thailand gained 699,780 (a 0.99% growth), while Vietnam's population increased by 8,183,327 (a 8.71% growth).

Thailand was ranked 19th most populous country in 2006 and is 21st in 2026. Vietnam was ranked 15th in 2006 and ranked 16th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Thailand's population will shrink by 7.23% to 66,382,732 people with a rank change from 21st to 31st. The population of Vietnam will increase by 7.66% to 110,008,910 people and will still be ranked 16th.