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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Vietnam	Zambia	Vietnam	Zambia
1960	32,531,933	3,153,729	-	-
1961	33,409,059	3,254,086	2.7%	3.18%
1962	34,288,560	3,358,099	2.63%	3.2%
1963	35,249,101	3,465,907	2.8%	3.21%
1964	36,201,563	3,577,017	2.7%	3.21%
1965	37,129,656	3,692,086	2.56%	3.22%
1966	38,024,836	3,812,003	2.41%	3.25%
1967	38,895,080	3,936,343	2.29%	3.26%
1968	39,734,609	4,065,593	2.16%	3.28%
1969	40,582,096	4,197,116	2.13%	3.24%
1970	41,475,230	4,321,718	2.2%	2.97%
1971	42,449,276	4,442,525	2.35%	2.8%
1972	43,429,168	4,569,309	2.31%	2.85%
1973	44,409,861	4,702,693	2.26%	2.92%
1974	45,413,537	4,842,746	2.26%	2.98%
1975	46,482,903	4,990,086	2.35%	3.04%
1976	47,684,931	5,143,842	2.59%	3.08%
1977	48,954,872	5,302,480	2.66%	3.08%
1978	50,249,552	5,465,374	2.64%	3.07%
1979	51,378,211	5,631,728	2.25%	3.04%
1980	52,490,101	5,802,833	2.16%	3.04%
1981	53,738,141	5,983,289	2.38%	3.11%
1982	55,011,289	6,178,637	2.37%	3.26%
1983	56,337,921	6,381,038	2.41%	3.28%
1984	57,706,067	6,580,490	2.43%	3.13%
1985	59,060,622	6,780,953	2.35%	3.05%
1986	60,347,048	6,986,471	2.18%	3.03%
1987	61,584,651	7,191,282	2.05%	2.93%
1988	62,843,228	7,391,440	2.04%	2.78%
1989	64,147,348	7,589,216	2.08%	2.68%
1990	65,504,552	7,786,169	2.12%	2.6%
1991	66,891,775	7,981,650	2.12%	2.51%
1992	68,260,337	8,176,680	2.05%	2.44%
1993	69,586,384	8,373,921	1.94%	2.41%
1994	70,854,391	8,576,269	1.82%	2.42%
1995	72,049,940	8,785,763	1.69%	2.44%
1996	73,156,447	9,004,053	1.54%	2.48%
1997	74,226,889	9,237,063	1.46%	2.59%
1998	75,299,660	9,482,408	1.45%	2.66%
1999	76,287,452	9,740,005	1.31%	2.72%
2000	77,154,011	10,017,631	1.14%	2.85%
2001	77,969,361	10,325,185	1.06%	3.07%
2002	78,772,224	10,647,949	1.03%	3.13%
2003	79,563,777	10,983,595	1%	3.15%
2004	80,338,971	11,338,198	0.97%	3.23%
2005	81,088,313	11,718,819	0.93%	3.36%
2006	82,167,897	12,129,553	1.33%	3.5%
2007	83,633,375	12,565,085	1.78%	3.59%
2008	85,175,788	13,021,324	1.84%	3.63%
2009	86,460,018	13,490,389	1.51%	3.6%
2010	87,455,152	13,965,594	1.15%	3.52%
2011	88,468,314	14,437,796	1.16%	3.38%
2012	89,510,356	14,913,629	1.18%	3.3%
2013	90,573,104	15,398,997	1.19%	3.25%
2014	91,679,578	15,895,315	1.22%	3.22%
2015	92,823,254	16,399,089	1.25%	3.17%
2016	94,000,117	16,914,423	1.27%	3.14%
2017	95,176,977	17,441,320	1.25%	3.12%
2018	96,237,319	17,973,569	1.11%	3.05%
2019	97,173,776	18,513,839	0.97%	3.01%
2020	98,079,191	19,059,395	0.93%	2.95%
2021	98,935,098	19,603,607	0.87%	2.86%
2022	99,680,655	20,152,938	0.75%	2.8%
2023	100,352,192	20,723,965	0.67%	2.83%
2024	100,987,686	21,314,956	0.63%	2.85%
2025	101,598,531	21,913,869	0.6%	2.81%
2026	102,177,434	22,521,905	0.57%	2.77%
2027	102,727,392	23,138,716	0.54%	2.74%
2028	103,255,746	23,761,368	0.51%	2.69%
2029	103,761,151	24,389,681	0.49%	2.64%
2030	104,254,900	25,024,887	0.48%	2.6%
2031	104,737,913	25,666,496	0.46%	2.56%
2032	105,204,401	26,311,946	0.45%	2.51%
2033	105,656,307	26,960,073	0.43%	2.46%
2034	106,097,515	27,611,621	0.42%	2.42%
2035	106,530,671	28,266,887	0.41%	2.37%
2036	106,945,842	28,925,103	0.39%	2.33%
2037	107,346,046	29,583,482	0.37%	2.28%
2038	107,732,019	30,240,549	0.36%	2.22%
2039	108,097,653	30,895,586	0.34%	2.17%
2040	108,437,634	31,550,394	0.31%	2.12%
2041	108,752,199	32,204,340	0.29%	2.07%
2042	109,040,314	32,856,596	0.26%	2.03%
2043	109,292,559	33,510,500	0.23%	1.99%
2044	109,506,274	34,165,920	0.2%	1.96%
2045	109,685,396	34,821,101	0.16%	1.92%
2046	109,827,664	35,475,795	0.13%	1.88%
2047	109,930,243	36,129,270	0.09%	1.84%
2048	109,994,024	36,782,260	0.06%	1.81%
2049	110,018,017	37,434,667	0.02%	1.77%
2050	110,008,910	38,083,369	-0.008%	1.73%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Vietnam increased by 11,832,220 people (a 14.4% growth), while Zambia gained 4,784,870 people (a 39.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Vietnam gained 8,183,327 (a 8.71% growth), while Zambia's population increased by 5,614,223 (a 33.2% growth).

Vietnam was ranked 15th most populous country in 2006 and is 16th in 2026. Zambia was ranked 71st in 2006 and ranked 62nd now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Vietnam's population will grow by 7.66% to 110,008,910 people and will still be ranked 16th. The population of Zambia will increase by 69% to 38,083,369 people and rank change from 62nd to 53rd.