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Bangladesh vs Vietnam
How Bangladesh and Vietnam compare on 38 measures, from 1789 to 2025. The main differences:
- Life expectancy · In 2023, Bangladesh was higher: 74.7 years against 74.6 years
- GDP per person · In 2025, Vietnam was higher: $4,308 against $1,985
- Population · In 2023, Bangladesh was higher: 172 million people against 100 million people
- Military spending · In 2025, Vietnam was higher: 2.15% of GDP against 0.81% of GDP
- CO₂ per person · In 2024, Vietnam was higher: 4.27 tonnes against 0.72 tonnes
Every measure
Health
- Life expectancyBangladesh: 74.7 years in 2023Vietnam: 74.6 years in 2023
- Child mortalityBangladesh: 3.1 per 100 live births in 2024Vietnam: 1.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityBangladesh: 22.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Vietnam: 15.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterBangladesh: 59.1% in 2022Vietnam: 57.8% in 2022
- DepressionBangladesh: 4.11% in 2017Vietnam: 2.88% in 2017
- Suicide rateBangladesh: 6 per 100,000 people in 2017Vietnam: 7.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationBangladesh: 172 million people in 2023Vietnam: 100 million people in 2023
- Population growthBangladesh: 1.21% a year in 2023Vietnam: 0.64% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateBangladesh: 2.16 births per woman in 2023Vietnam: 1.91 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationBangladesh: 33.2% in 2025Vietnam: 38.8% in 2025
- Median ageBangladesh: 25.3 years in 2023Vietnam: 32.4 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overBangladesh: 6.3% in 2023Vietnam: 8.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateBangladesh: -3.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Vietnam: -0.8 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingBangladesh: 0.81% of GDP in 2025Vietnam: 2.15% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsBangladesh: $3.67B in 2025Vietnam: $10.9B in 2025
- Military spending per personBangladesh: $22 in 2025Vietnam: $104 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingBangladesh: 7.1% of government spending in 2025Vietnam: 9.9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelBangladesh: 227,000 people in 2020Vietnam: 522,000 people in 2020
- National powerBangladesh: 1.01% of world capability in 2022Vietnam: 1.11% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersBangladesh: 0.32% of the labour force in 2020Vietnam: 0.95% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsBangladesh: 32 million TIV in 2025Vietnam: 177 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsBangladesh: 2 million TIV in 1984Vietnam: 10 million TIV in 2018
Climate
Technology and environment
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Good to know
- Sources: UN, Gapminder and UN IGME, WHO/UNICEF, IHME, World Bank, IMF, UNESCO, V-Dem, UCDP, SIPRI, IISS, Correlates of War, ERA5, CMIP6, EDGAR, ITU and FAO. Each measure’s page names its own and what it counts.
- Values are drawn on today’s borders. Years without a published value are left empty, never filled in.
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