Laos vs Vietnam
Laos vs Vietnam: Internet users
Internet users in 2024: 65.6% in Laos and 84.2% in Vietnam, by ITU estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Vietnam, by 18.6 percentage points, or 1.28 times that in Laos.
% of people · ITU
What the numbers say
- Vietnam has been higher since 1998.
- In 2024, Laos ranked 128 and Vietnam ranked 82 of 182 countries, counting from the highest.
- The world as a whole: 71.2% in 2024.
Every year
% of people · ITU
| Year | Laos | Vietnam | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | – | 73.6 |
| 2024 | 65.6 | 84.2 | 71.2 |
| 2023 | 64.4 | 78.1 | 69.2 |
| 2022 | 64.5 | 78.6 | 67 |
| 2021 | 62 | 74.2 | 63.8 |
| 2020 | 54 | 70.3 | 60.1 |
| 2019 | 47 | 68.7 | 53.9 |
| 2018 | 36.3 | 69.9 | 49.4 |
| 2017 | 25.5 | 58.1 | 46.3 |
| 2016 | 21.9 | 53 | 43.6 |
| 2015 | 18.2 | 45 | 39.9 |
| 2014 | 14.3 | 41 | 37.4 |
| 2013 | 12.5 | 38.5 | 35.3 |
| 2012 | 10.8 | 36.8 | 33.3 |
| 2011 | 9 | 35.1 | 30.9 |
| 2010 | 7 | 30.7 | 28.4 |
| 2009 | 6 | 26.6 | 25.3 |
| 2008 | 3.6 | 23.9 | 22.8 |
| 2007 | 1.6 | 20.8 | 20.2 |
| 2006 | 1.2 | 17.3 | 17.2 |
| 2005 | 0.9 | 12.7 | 15.6 |
| 2004 | 0.4 | 7.6 | – |
| 2003 | 0.3 | 3.8 | – |
| 2002 | 0.3 | 1.9 | – |
| 2001 | 0.2 | 1.3 | – |
| 2000 | 0.1 | 0.3 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | 0.1 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | – | 0 | – |
| 1996 | – | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 | – |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The share of people who used the internet in the last three months, from anywhere.
- Source: ITU, via the World Bank.
- Ranks count the 182 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Laos vs Vietnam
Health
- Life expectancyLaos: 69 years in 2023Vietnam: 74.6 years in 2023
- Child mortalityLaos: 2.9 per 100 live births in 2024Vietnam: 1.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityLaos: 31.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023Vietnam: 15.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterLaos: 17.9% in 2022Vietnam: 57.8% in 2022
- DepressionLaos: 2.91% in 2017Vietnam: 2.88% in 2017
- Suicide rateLaos: 8.4 per 100,000 people in 2017Vietnam: 7.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationLaos: 7.67 million people in 2023Vietnam: 100 million people in 2023
- Population growthLaos: 1.38% a year in 2023Vietnam: 0.64% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateLaos: 2.42 births per woman in 2023Vietnam: 1.91 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationLaos: 40.3% in 2025Vietnam: 38.8% in 2025
- Median ageLaos: 24.3 years in 2023Vietnam: 32.4 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overLaos: 4.5% in 2023Vietnam: 8.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateLaos: -1.3 per 1,000 people in 2023Vietnam: -0.8 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingLaos: 0.19% of GDP in 2013Vietnam: 2.15% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsLaos: $21.8M in 2013Vietnam: $10.9B in 2025
- Military spending per personLaos: $3 in 2013Vietnam: $104 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingLaos: 0.8% of government spending in 2013Vietnam: 9.9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelLaos: 129,000 people in 2020Vietnam: 522,000 people in 2020
- National powerLaos: 0.06% of world capability in 2022Vietnam: 1.11% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersLaos: 4.08% of the labour force in 2020Vietnam: 0.95% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsLaos: 7 million TIV in 2024Vietnam: 177 million TIV in 2025