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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Vanuatu was 327,777 in 2024 vs 100,987,686 people in Vietnam in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Vanuatu's population is 341,110 people compared to 102,063,551 in Vietnam.

Population statistics:

  • Vietnam's population is 299.2 times bigger than Vanuatu's.
  • Vanuatu is ranked the 174th most populous country in the world, while Vietnam is the 16th.
  • The countries together account for 1.24% of the world: 0.004% for Vanuatu vs 1.23% for Vietnam.
  • For the last 10 years, Vanuatu has had an average growth rate of +2.33% per year vs +0.99% in Vietnam.
  • Since 2005, the population of Vanuatu has increased from 211K people to 341K (61.8% growth), while Vietnam has grown from 81.1M to 102M (25.9% growth).
  • Vanuatu is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 875K people compared to the peak of 110M people in 2049 for Vietnam.

Vanuatu vs Vietnam: live population counter

Vanuatu Vietnam
Current population
341110
102063551
Population rank 174/197 16/197
Percent of world population 0.004% 1.23%
One net population change
1.19 hours
49.6 seconds
One birth every
58.5 minutes
22.7 seconds
One death every
5.38 hours
47.8 seconds
One migration net change every
1.21 weeks
8.81 minutes
Annual migration change -43 -59,645
Daily growth/decline +20 +1,741
Annual growth/decline +7,368 +635,494
Annual growth/decline rate +2.3% +0.63%
Population growth rate rank 40/197 124/197

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

Vanuatu
Population

Growth rate
Vietnam
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Vanuatu Vietnam Vanuatu Vietnam
1960 64,431 32,531,933 - -
1961 66,264 33,409,059 2.84% 2.7%
1962 68,174 34,288,560 2.88% 2.63%
1963 70,159 35,249,101 2.91% 2.8%
1964 72,219 36,201,563 2.94% 2.7%
1965 74,358 37,129,656 2.96% 2.56%
1966 76,590 38,024,836 3% 2.41%
1967 78,921 38,895,080 3.04% 2.29%
1968 81,314 39,734,609 3.03% 2.16%
1969 83,755 40,582,096 3% 2.13%
1970 86,266 41,475,230 3% 2.2%
1971 88,862 42,449,276 3.01% 2.35%
1972 91,562 43,429,168 3.04% 2.31%
1973 94,362 44,409,861 3.06% 2.26%
1974 97,260 45,413,537 3.07% 2.26%
1975 100,269 46,482,903 3.09% 2.35%
1976 103,388 47,684,931 3.11% 2.59%
1977 106,618 48,954,872 3.12% 2.66%
1978 109,963 50,249,552 3.14% 2.64%
1979 113,040 51,378,211 2.8% 2.25%
1980 115,660 52,490,101 2.32% 2.16%
1981 118,249 53,738,141 2.24% 2.38%
1982 121,035 55,011,289 2.36% 2.37%
1983 123,998 56,337,921 2.45% 2.41%
1984 127,109 57,706,067 2.51% 2.43%
1985 130,356 59,060,622 2.55% 2.35%
1986 133,720 60,347,048 2.58% 2.18%
1987 137,187 61,584,651 2.59% 2.05%
1988 140,756 62,843,228 2.6% 2.04%
1989 144,393 64,147,348 2.58% 2.08%
1990 148,063 65,504,552 2.54% 2.12%
1991 151,793 66,891,775 2.52% 2.12%
1992 155,608 68,260,337 2.51% 2.05%
1993 159,463 69,586,384 2.48% 1.94%
1994 163,314 70,854,391 2.41% 1.82%
1995 167,137 72,049,940 2.34% 1.69%
1996 170,911 73,156,447 2.26% 1.54%
1997 174,626 74,226,889 2.17% 1.46%
1998 178,313 75,299,660 2.11% 1.45%
1999 182,048 76,287,452 2.09% 1.31%
2000 186,281 77,154,011 2.33% 1.14%
2001 191,031 77,969,361 2.55% 1.06%
2002 195,863 78,772,224 2.53% 1.03%
2003 200,746 79,563,777 2.49% 1%
2004 205,711 80,338,971 2.47% 0.97%
2005 210,760 81,088,313 2.45% 0.93%
2006 215,923 82,167,897 2.45% 1.33%
2007 221,276 83,633,375 2.48% 1.78%
2008 226,896 85,175,788 2.54% 1.84%
2009 232,731 86,460,018 2.57% 1.51%
2010 238,248 87,455,152 2.37% 1.15%
2011 243,474 88,468,314 2.19% 1.16%
2012 248,883 89,510,356 2.22% 1.18%
2013 254,482 90,573,104 2.25% 1.19%
2014 260,240 91,679,578 2.26% 1.22%
2015 266,101 92,823,254 2.25% 1.25%
2016 272,087 94,000,117 2.25% 1.27%
2017 278,507 95,176,977 2.36% 1.25%
2018 285,259 96,237,319 2.42% 1.11%
2019 291,985 97,173,776 2.36% 0.97%
2020 298,858 98,079,191 2.35% 0.93%
2021 305,868 98,935,098 2.35% 0.87%
2022 313,046 99,680,655 2.35% 0.75%
2023 320,409 100,352,192 2.35% 0.67%
2024 327,777 100,987,686 2.3% 0.63%
2025 335,169 101,598,531 2.26% 0.6%
2026 342,565 102,177,434 2.21% 0.57%
2027 349,970 102,727,392 2.16% 0.54%
2028 357,397 103,255,746 2.12% 0.51%
2029 364,883 103,761,151 2.09% 0.49%
2030 372,429 104,254,900 2.07% 0.48%
2031 380,015 104,737,913 2.04% 0.46%
2032 387,657 105,204,401 2.01% 0.45%
2033 395,366 105,656,307 1.99% 0.43%
2034 403,188 106,097,515 1.98% 0.42%
2035 411,061 106,530,671 1.95% 0.41%
2036 419,006 106,945,842 1.93% 0.39%
2037 427,031 107,346,046 1.92% 0.37%
2038 435,150 107,732,019 1.9% 0.36%
2039 443,311 108,097,653 1.88% 0.34%
2040 451,509 108,437,634 1.85% 0.31%
2041 459,733 108,752,199 1.82% 0.29%
2042 468,003 109,040,314 1.8% 0.26%
2043 476,308 109,292,559 1.77% 0.23%
2044 484,636 109,506,274 1.75% 0.2%
2045 492,989 109,685,396 1.72% 0.16%
2046 501,316 109,827,664 1.69% 0.13%
2047 509,621 109,930,243 1.66% 0.09%
2048 517,889 109,994,024 1.62% 0.06%
2049 526,138 110,018,017 1.59% 0.02%
2050 534,374 110,008,910 1.57% -0.008%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Vanuatu increased by 55,341 people (a 26.3% growth), while Vietnam gained 11,734,941 people (a 14.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Vanuatu gained 75,009 (a 28.2% growth), while Vietnam's population increased by 9,240,297 (a 9.95% growth).

Vanuatu was ranked 175th most populous country in 2005 and is 174th 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) Vanuatu's population will grow by 56.7% to 534,374 people with a rank change from 174th to 169th. The population of Vietnam will increase by 7.78% to 110,008,910 people and will still be ranked 16th.

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