North Korea vs Vietnam
North Korea vs Vietnam: Internet users
Internet users: 0% in North Korea in 2004 and 84.2% in Vietnam in 2024, by ITU estimates. In 2004 the value was higher in Vietnam, by 7.6 percentage points.
% of people · ITU
What the numbers say
- Vietnam has been higher since 1997.
Every year
% of people · ITU
| Year | North Korea | Vietnam | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | – | 73.6 |
| 2024 | – | 84.2 | 71.2 |
| 2023 | – | 78.1 | 69.2 |
| 2022 | – | 78.6 | 67 |
| 2021 | – | 74.2 | 63.8 |
| 2020 | – | 70.3 | 60.1 |
| 2019 | – | 68.7 | 53.9 |
| 2018 | – | 69.9 | 49.4 |
| 2017 | – | 58.1 | 46.3 |
| 2016 | – | 53 | 43.6 |
| 2015 | – | 45 | 39.9 |
| 2014 | – | 41 | 37.4 |
| 2013 | – | 38.5 | 35.3 |
| 2012 | – | 36.8 | 33.3 |
| 2011 | – | 35.1 | 30.9 |
| 2010 | – | 30.7 | 28.4 |
| 2009 | – | 26.6 | 25.3 |
| 2008 | – | 23.9 | 22.8 |
| 2007 | – | 20.8 | 20.2 |
| 2006 | – | 17.3 | 17.2 |
| 2005 | – | 12.7 | 15.6 |
| 2004 | 0 | 7.6 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | 3.8 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | 1.9 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | 1.3 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | 0.3 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | 0.1 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | 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
North Korea vs Vietnam
Health
- Life expectancyNorth Korea: 73.6 years in 2023Vietnam: 74.6 years in 2023
- Child mortalityNorth Korea: 1.7 per 100 live births in 2024Vietnam: 1.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityNorth Korea: 14.5 per 1,000 live births in 2023Vietnam: 15.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterNorth Korea: 66.5% in 2022Vietnam: 57.8% in 2022
- DepressionNorth Korea: 3.09% in 2017Vietnam: 2.88% in 2017
- Suicide rateNorth Korea: 11.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Vietnam: 7.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationNorth Korea: 26.4 million people in 2023Vietnam: 100 million people in 2023
- Population growthNorth Korea: 0.32% a year in 2023Vietnam: 0.64% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateNorth Korea: 1.78 births per woman in 2023Vietnam: 1.91 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationNorth Korea: 64.2% in 2025Vietnam: 38.8% in 2025
- Median ageNorth Korea: 36.1 years in 2023Vietnam: 32.4 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overNorth Korea: 12% in 2023Vietnam: 8.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateNorth Korea: -0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Vietnam: -0.8 per 1,000 people in 2023
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spending per personNorth Korea: $62 in 2018Vietnam: $104 in 2025
- Armed forces personnelNorth Korea: 1.47 million people in 2020Vietnam: 522,000 people in 2020
- National powerNorth Korea: 1.41% of world capability in 2022Vietnam: 1.11% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersNorth Korea: 8.62% of the labour force in 2020Vietnam: 0.95% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsNorth Korea: 1 million TIV in 2010Vietnam: 177 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsNorth Korea: 44 million TIV in 2025Vietnam: 10 million TIV in 2018