Vietnam's population rose from 73.2M in 1996 to 102M in 2025.
Vietnam · Population & demographics
Size, growth, ages, births, deaths, urbanisation and migration.
23 indicators · 23 with data
Vietnam's population growth fell from 1.5 % in 1996 to 0.6 % in 2025.
Vietnam's population density rose from 217.7 in 1994 to 320.2 in 2023.
Vietnam's population, female (% of total) rose from 51.0 % in 1996 to 51.0 % in 2025.
Vietnam's urbanisation rose from 22.1 % in 1996 to 38.8 % in 2025.
Vietnam's urban population rose from 16.1M in 1996 to 39.5M in 2025.
Vietnam's rural population rose from 57M in 1996 to 62.1M in 2025.
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- Fertilitydown −0.9 %109th of 217
- Birth rate, crudedown −2.9 %108th of 217
- Death rate, crudeup +1.0 %133rd of 217
- Adolescent fertility ratedown −1.0 %121st of 217
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- Median ageup +0.5 yrs101st of 216
- Children (0–14)down −0.4 pts108th of 217
- Working age (15–64)down −0.1 pts54th of 217
- Seniors (65+)up +0.4 pts104th of 217
- Age dependency ratioup +0.2 pts164th of 217
- Old-age dependency ratioup +0.7 pts103rd of 217
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- Net migrationup +19.2 %195th of 217
- Migrant stockup +0.1 pts201st of 216
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- Refugees hostedunchanged +0.0 %151st of 178
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- Life expectancyup +0.1 yrs108th of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, femaleup +0.1 yrs95th of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, maleup +0.2 yrs125th of 217