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Germany vs Vietnam
How Germany and Vietnam compare on 37 measures, from 1789 to 2025. The main differences:
- Life expectancy · In 2023, Germany was higher: 81.4 years against 74.6 years
- GDP per person · In 2025, Germany was higher: $44,150 against $4,308
- Population · In 2023, Vietnam was higher: 100 million people against 84.6 million people
- Military spending · In 2025, Germany was higher: 2.27% of GDP against 2.15% of GDP
- CO₂ per person · In 2024, Germany was higher: 6.94 tonnes against 4.27 tonnes
Every measure
Health
- Life expectancyGermany: 81.4 years in 2023Vietnam: 74.6 years in 2023
- Child mortalityGermany: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024Vietnam: 1.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityGermany: 3 per 1,000 live births in 2023Vietnam: 15.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterGermany: 99.9% in 2022Vietnam: 57.8% in 2022
- DepressionGermany: 3.96% in 2017Vietnam: 2.88% in 2017
- Suicide rateGermany: 9.9 per 100,000 people in 2017Vietnam: 7.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationGermany: 84.6 million people in 2023Vietnam: 100 million people in 2023
- Population growthGermany: 0.35% a year in 2023Vietnam: 0.64% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateGermany: 1.44 births per woman in 2023Vietnam: 1.91 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationGermany: 82.1% in 2025Vietnam: 38.8% in 2025
- Median ageGermany: 45.2 years in 2023Vietnam: 32.4 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overGermany: 22.8% in 2023Vietnam: 8.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateGermany: 7.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Vietnam: -0.8 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingGermany: 2.27% of GDP in 2025Vietnam: 2.15% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsGermany: $107B in 2025Vietnam: $10.9B in 2025
- Military spending per personGermany: $1,346 in 2025Vietnam: $104 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingGermany: 4.5% of government spending in 2025Vietnam: 9.9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelGermany: 183,000 people in 2020Vietnam: 522,000 people in 2020
- National powerGermany: 1.5% of world capability in 2022Vietnam: 1.11% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersGermany: 0.42% of the labour force in 2020Vietnam: 0.95% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsGermany: 1.63 billion TIV in 2025Vietnam: 177 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsGermany: 1.7 billion TIV in 2025Vietnam: 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, 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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