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Türkiye vs Vietnam

Flag of Türkiye

Türkiye

85,878,556#18 · +0.42%/yr
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Flag of Vietnam

Vietnam

101,598,527#16 · +0.60%/yr

Vietnam has 1.2× the population of Türkiye: 101,598,527 vs 85,878,556, a gap of 15.7 million. Vietnam is growing faster (+0.60% vs +0.42% a year), adding about 612,685 people a year against +360,651. At these source-year rates the modelled relative population gap is widening. Türkiye is the older society: 10.6% aged 65+ against 9.5% in Vietnam, while Vietnam has more children (22.9% under 15 vs 21.0%). Vietnam is 2.9× as densely populated (320.2 vs 110.9 people per km²). People in Türkiye live 2.7 years longer on average (77.4 vs 74.7). GDP per capita is 3.7× higher in Türkiye ($18,599 vs $5,066).

Country/territory population bases: World Bank 2025 (Türkiye) and 2025 (Vietnam); growth years 2025 / 2025. Annual source values, not live counts; years may differ. Growth is national, not local.

Türkiye vs Vietnam — side by side

Flag of Türkiye TürkiyeFlag of Vietnam Vietnam
Population85,878,5562025101,598,5272025
Growth rate / yr+0.42%2025+0.60%2025
Births per 1,00011.0202413.42024
Deaths per 1,0005.720246.62024
Children per woman1.4820241.902024
Life expectancy77.4 yrs202474.7 yrs2024
Aged 0–1421.0%202522.9%2025
Aged 65+10.6%20259.5%2025
Density110.9 /km²2023320.2 /km²2023
Area785,350 km²2023331,338 km²2023
Urban population89.5%202538.8%2025
Net migration / yr-258,2052025-48,1712025
GDP per capita$18,5992025$5,0662025
Country population rank (available records)#18#16
Base / world population (World Bank 2025)1.05%1.24%

Highlighted cell = the higher value (not "better"). Small print under each value is its own data year. Source: World Bank; country/territory population bases may have different years. These are not live counts.

Population since 1960

World Bank population history (not the separate UN WPP timeline). Türkiye: 3.0× from 1960 to 2025; Vietnam: 3.1× from 1960 to 2025. Left: absolute population. Right: each series indexed to its own first available year = 100; baseline years may differ.

026.9M53.8M80.8M107.7M1960197019801990200020102020TürkiyeVietnam0831662483311960197019801990200020102020TürkiyeVietnam

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