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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Vietnam	Zimbabwe	Vietnam	Zimbabwe
1960	32,531,933	3,809,389	-	-
1961	33,409,059	3,930,401	2.7%	3.18%
1962	34,288,560	4,055,959	2.63%	3.19%
1963	35,249,101	4,185,877	2.8%	3.2%
1964	36,201,563	4,320,006	2.7%	3.2%
1965	37,129,656	4,458,462	2.56%	3.2%
1966	38,024,836	4,601,217	2.41%	3.2%
1967	38,895,080	4,748,307	2.29%	3.2%
1968	39,734,609	4,900,440	2.16%	3.2%
1969	40,582,096	5,058,181	2.13%	3.22%
1970	41,475,230	5,215,918	2.2%	3.12%
1971	42,449,276	5,374,712	2.35%	3.04%
1972	43,429,168	5,542,445	2.31%	3.12%
1973	44,409,861	5,720,404	2.26%	3.21%
1974	45,413,537	5,908,328	2.26%	3.29%
1975	46,482,903	6,098,658	2.35%	3.22%
1976	47,684,931	6,287,105	2.59%	3.09%
1977	48,954,872	6,449,512	2.66%	2.58%
1978	50,249,552	6,543,575	2.64%	1.46%
1979	51,378,211	6,647,556	2.25%	1.59%
1980	52,490,101	7,041,303	2.16%	5.92%
1981	53,738,141	7,498,635	2.38%	6.49%
1982	55,011,289	7,796,496	2.37%	3.97%
1983	56,337,921	8,098,404	2.41%	3.87%
1984	57,706,067	8,391,488	2.43%	3.62%
1985	59,060,622	8,686,813	2.35%	3.52%
1986	60,347,048	8,982,578	2.18%	3.4%
1987	61,584,651	9,284,644	2.05%	3.36%
1988	62,843,228	9,583,094	2.04%	3.21%
1989	64,147,348	9,864,798	2.08%	2.94%
1990	65,504,552	10,137,281	2.12%	2.76%
1991	66,891,775	10,404,816	2.12%	2.64%
1992	68,260,337	10,702,700	2.05%	2.86%
1993	69,586,384	10,860,288	1.94%	1.47%
1994	70,854,391	10,873,148	1.82%	0.12%
1995	72,049,940	10,974,599	1.69%	0.93%
1996	73,156,447	11,158,360	1.54%	1.67%
1997	74,226,889	11,369,827	1.46%	1.9%
1998	75,299,660	11,594,297	1.45%	1.97%
1999	76,287,452	11,783,458	1.31%	1.63%
2000	77,154,011	11,892,055	1.14%	0.92%
2001	77,969,361	11,971,901	1.06%	0.67%
2002	78,772,224	12,087,653	1.03%	0.97%
2003	79,563,777	12,232,323	1%	1.2%
2004	80,338,971	12,365,896	0.97%	1.09%
2005	81,088,313	12,483,432	0.93%	0.95%
2006	82,167,897	12,636,445	1.33%	1.23%
2007	83,633,375	12,804,058	1.78%	1.33%
2008	85,175,788	12,959,149	1.84%	1.21%
2009	86,460,018	13,142,790	1.51%	1.42%
2010	87,455,152	13,356,548	1.15%	1.63%
2011	88,468,314	13,595,424	1.16%	1.79%
2012	89,510,356	13,817,887	1.18%	1.64%
2013	90,573,104	14,013,808	1.19%	1.42%
2014	91,679,578	14,207,359	1.22%	1.38%
2015	92,823,254	14,399,013	1.25%	1.35%
2016	94,000,117	14,600,294	1.27%	1.4%
2017	95,176,977	14,812,482	1.25%	1.45%
2018	96,237,319	15,034,452	1.11%	1.5%
2019	97,173,776	15,271,368	0.97%	1.58%
2020	98,079,191	15,526,888	0.93%	1.67%
2021	98,935,098	15,797,210	0.87%	1.74%
2022	99,680,655	16,069,056	0.75%	1.72%
2023	100,352,192	16,340,822	0.67%	1.69%
2024	100,987,686	16,634,373	0.63%	1.8%
2025	101,598,531	16,950,805	0.6%	1.9%
2026	102,177,434	17,273,591	0.57%	1.9%
2027	102,727,392	17,600,621	0.54%	1.89%
2028	103,255,746	17,932,015	0.51%	1.88%
2029	103,761,151	18,268,967	0.49%	1.88%
2030	104,254,900	18,610,356	0.48%	1.87%
2031	104,737,913	18,956,207	0.46%	1.86%
2032	105,204,401	19,311,368	0.45%	1.87%
2033	105,656,307	19,675,929	0.43%	1.89%
2034	106,097,515	20,041,125	0.42%	1.86%
2035	106,530,671	20,409,159	0.41%	1.84%
2036	106,945,842	20,778,662	0.39%	1.81%
2037	107,346,046	21,144,748	0.37%	1.76%
2038	107,732,019	21,512,919	0.36%	1.74%
2039	108,097,653	21,881,123	0.34%	1.71%
2040	108,437,634	22,250,123	0.31%	1.69%
2041	108,752,199	22,627,428	0.29%	1.7%
2042	109,040,314	23,000,906	0.26%	1.65%
2043	109,292,559	23,371,301	0.23%	1.61%
2044	109,506,274	23,740,630	0.2%	1.58%
2045	109,685,396	24,102,391	0.16%	1.52%
2046	109,827,664	24,462,491	0.13%	1.49%
2047	109,930,243	24,816,449	0.09%	1.45%
2048	109,994,024	25,168,419	0.06%	1.42%
2049	110,018,017	25,518,513	0.02%	1.39%
2050	110,008,910	25,866,397	-0.008%	1.36%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Vietnam increased by 11,832,220 people (a 14.4% growth), while Zimbabwe gained 1,963,849 people (a 15.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Vietnam gained 8,183,327 (a 8.71% growth), while Zimbabwe's population increased by 2,676,871 (a 18.3% growth).

Vietnam was ranked 15th most populous country in 2006 and is 16th in 2026. Zimbabwe was ranked 70th in 2006 and ranked 74th 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 Zimbabwe will increase by 49.7% to 25,866,397 people and rank change from 74th to 65th.