South Korea vs Vietnam
South Korea vs Vietnam: Net migration rate
Net migration rate in 2023: 1.7 per 1,000 people in South Korea and -0.8 per 1,000 people in Vietnam, by UN estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in South Korea, by 2.5 per 1,000 people.
per 1,000 people · UN
What the numbers say
- South Korea has been higher since 2022, when it overtook Vietnam.
- In 2023, South Korea ranked 70 and Vietnam ranked 148 of 229 countries, counting from the highest.
- The UN projection (medium variant) puts South Korea at -0 per 1,000 people and Vietnam at -0.3 per 1,000 people in 2100.
Every year
per 1,000 people · UN
| Year | South Korea | Vietnam |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1.7 | -0.8 |
| 2022 | 1.7 | -0.8 |
| 2021 | -0.3 | -0.1 |
| 2020 | 2.2 | -0.1 |
| 2019 | 2.5 | -0 |
| 2018 | 2.3 | 1 |
| 2017 | 2 | 1.5 |
| 2016 | 1.8 | 1.8 |
| 2015 | 5.4 | -0.1 |
| 2014 | 6.1 | -0.1 |
| 2013 | 6 | -0.1 |
| 2012 | 5.7 | -0.1 |
| 2011 | 5.5 | -0.1 |
| 2010 | 1.1 | -0.1 |
| 2009 | 0.1 | -0.2 |
| 2008 | -0.4 | 6.7 |
| 2007 | -0.9 | 6.3 |
| 2006 | -0.6 | 5.9 |
| 2005 | -1 | -2.6 |
| 2004 | -0.9 | -2.7 |
| 2003 | -0.7 | -2.7 |
| 2002 | -0.4 | -2.5 |
| 2001 | -0.6 | -2.3 |
| 2000 | -1.8 | -1.9 |
| 1999 | -2.3 | -0.2 |
| 1998 | -2.1 | 1.4 |
| 1997 | -2.4 | 0.7 |
| 1996 | -2.5 | -0.7 |
| 1995 | -4.6 | -0.7 |
| 1994 | -4.6 | -0.7 |
| 1993 | -5 | -1 |
| 1992 | -6 | -1 |
| 1991 | -6.1 | -1.1 |
| 1990 | 1.8 | -0.9 |
| 1989 | 4.3 | -1.6 |
| 1988 | 4.5 | -1.3 |
| 1987 | 4.7 | -2.1 |
| 1986 | 4.5 | -2.7 |
| 1985 | 2.4 | -2.1 |
| 1984 | 2.5 | -1.7 |
| 1983 | 2.6 | -1.7 |
| 1982 | 1.2 | -2 |
| 1981 | 0.5 | -2 |
| 1980 | -3.9 | -1.4 |
| 1979 | -3.7 | -6.6 |
| 1978 | -2.3 | -0.1 |
| 1977 | -2.5 | 1 |
| 1976 | -2.5 | -0 |
| 1975 | -1.5 | -0 |
| 1974 | 0.8 | -0.8 |
| 1973 | 1 | -0.4 |
| 1972 | 0.7 | -0 |
| 1971 | -0.2 | 1.8 |
| 1970 | -0.9 | 0 |
| 1969 | -0.7 | 0 |
| 1968 | -0.5 | 0 |
| 1967 | -0.5 | 0 |
| 1966 | -0.6 | 0 |
| 1965 | -5 | -0 |
| 1964 | -3.6 | -0.2 |
| 1963 | -2.9 | 0 |
| 1962 | -3.4 | 0 |
| 1961 | -3.5 | 0 |
| 1960 | 1.8 | 0 |
| 1959 | 3.5 | 0 |
| 1958 | 4.8 | 0 |
| 1957 | 5.4 | 0 |
| 1956 | 6.1 | 0 |
| 1955 | 6.8 | 0 |
| 1954 | 7.6 | 0 |
| 1953 | 8.2 | 0 |
| 1952 | 8.6 | 0 |
| 1951 | 8.4 | 0 |
| 1950 | 7.4 | 0 |
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | South Korea | Vietnam |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.5-2–4.6 | -0.6-3.8–2.5 |
| 2025 | 1.3-3.2–5.6 | -0.5-4.3–2.9 |
| 2026 | 1.2-3.7–6.4 | -0.5-4.8–3.3 |
| 2027 | 1.1-4.6–7.2 | -0.4-4.7–3.4 |
| 2028 | 1.1-5.3–7.4 | -0.4-4.6–3.5 |
| 2029 | 1-5.6–7.1 | -0.4-4.6–3.6 |
| 2030 | 0.9-6.4–7.5 | -0.2-4.6–3.7 |
| 2031 | 0.9-6.5–8 | -0.3-4.2–3.6 |
| 2032 | 0.8-6.6–8.3 | -0.3-4.7–3.9 |
| 2033 | 0.7-6.5–7.8 | -0.4-4.6–3.6 |
| 2034 | 0.7-6.7–8.1 | -0.3-4.5–3.6 |
| 2035 | 0.6-7.3–8.4 | -0.3-4.5–3.3 |
| 2036 | 0.6-7.8–8.5 | -0.4-4.6–3.5 |
| 2037 | 0.5-7.5–8.3 | -0.3-4.5–3.4 |
| 2038 | 0.4-7.5–8.6 | -0.3-4.7–3.6 |
| 2039 | 0.4-7.6–8 | -0.3-4.6–3.6 |
| 2040 | 0.4-7.5–8.2 | -0.3-4.6–3.6 |
| 2041 | 0.3-8.2–8.1 | -0.3-4.7–3.6 |
| 2042 | 0.4-7.7–8.3 | -0.3-4.3–3.6 |
| 2043 | 0.4-7.7–8.3 | -0.3-4.4–3.4 |
| 2044 | 0.3-7.9–8.1 | -0.3-4.5–3.6 |
| 2045 | 0.4-7.8–8.6 | -0.3-4.3–3.7 |
| 2046 | 0.5-7.9–8.6 | -0.3-4.4–3.9 |
| 2047 | 0.3-7.7–8.7 | -0.3-4.6–3.9 |
| 2048 | 0.4-7.7–9.5 | -0.3-4.6–3.8 |
| 2049 | 0.3-7.7–8.8 | -0.3-4.7–3.6 |
| 2050 | 0.4-7.7–8.8 | -0.3-4.5–3.6 |
| 2051 | 0.3-7.7–8.8 | -0.4-4.5–3.7 |
| 2052 | 0.2-7.7–8.7 | -0.3-4.7–3.8 |
| 2053 | 0.3-7.5–9.2 | -0.3-4.5–3.7 |
| 2054 | 0.5-7.2–9.2 | -0.3-4.7–3.7 |
| 2055 | 0.4-6.9–9.3 | -0.3-4.4–3.9 |
| 2056 | 0.3-7.2–9.4 | -0.2-4.4–3.8 |
| 2057 | 0.1-7.3–9.1 | -0.3-4.5–3.3 |
| 2058 | -0-7.9–8.7 | -0.3-4.6–3.3 |
| 2059 | 0.1-7.3–8.9 | -0.3-4.6–3.6 |
| 2060 | 0-7.6–8.3 | -0.2-4.5–3.6 |
| 2061 | 0.2-7.5–8.8 | -0.3-4.8–3.7 |
| 2062 | 0-7.9–8.4 | -0.3-4.5–3.5 |
| 2063 | 0.1-7.6–8.7 | -0.3-4.6–3.5 |
| 2064 | 0.1-8.1–8.5 | -0.2-4.5–3.7 |
| 2065 | 0.2-7.8–8.2 | -0.3-4.4–3.7 |
| 2066 | 0.2-7.7–8.5 | -0.3-4.6–3.6 |
| 2067 | 0.2-7.7–8.9 | -0.3-4.5–3.6 |
| 2068 | 0.3-7.6–8.5 | -0.2-4.7–3.7 |
| 2069 | 0.1-7.7–8.8 | -0.2-4.7–3.8 |
| 2070 | 0.1-8–8.4 | -0.2-4.5–3.9 |
| 2071 | 0.1-8.2–8.4 | -0.2-4.8–3.8 |
| 2072 | 0.1-7.7–8.6 | -0.3-4.6–3.8 |
| 2073 | 0.2-7.8–8.8 | -0.3-4.8–3.7 |
| 2074 | 0.1-7.5–8.7 | -0.2-4.5–3.7 |
| 2075 | 0.1-7.7–8.5 | -0.2-4.6–3.8 |
| 2076 | 0.1-7.4–8.4 | -0.2-4.4–4 |
| 2077 | 0.1-7.7–8.7 | -0.3-4.8–3.6 |
| 2078 | 0.1-7.6–8.9 | -0.2-4.8–3.9 |
| 2079 | 0.2-7.3–8.8 | -0.3-4.7–4 |
| 2080 | 0.1-7.3–8.6 | -0.3-4.7–3.9 |
| 2081 | 0-7.5–8.9 | -0.3-4.8–3.8 |
| 2082 | 0.1-7.3–8.9 | -0.3-4.8–3.7 |
| 2083 | 0-7.6–8.4 | -0.2-5–3.9 |
| 2084 | 0.1-7.2–8.6 | -0.2-4.9–3.9 |
| 2085 | 0-7–8.6 | -0.2-4.7–4 |
| 2086 | 0.1-7.4–8.8 | -0.2-4.9–3.9 |
| 2087 | -0-7.3–8.7 | -0.3-5–3.7 |
| 2088 | 0-6.9–8.7 | -0.2-4.7–3.9 |
| 2089 | 0-7.3–8.3 | -0.3-4.8–3.6 |
| 2090 | -0-7.7–9 | -0.3-4.7–3.7 |
| 2091 | -0-7.8–9.4 | -0.3-4.7–3.6 |
| 2092 | -0-7.4–8.7 | -0.2-4.7–3.8 |
| 2093 | -0-8.2–8.9 | -0.2-4.7–3.6 |
| 2094 | 0-7.9–8.9 | -0.2-4.7–3.8 |
| 2095 | -0-7.4–9.1 | -0.2-5–3.7 |
| 2096 | 0.1-7.5–8.9 | -0.3-5.1–3.6 |
| 2097 | 0.1-7.4–8.3 | -0.3-4.8–3.5 |
| 2098 | 0.1-7.6–8.6 | -0.4-5–3.6 |
| 2099 | 0.1-7.3–8.4 | -0.3-5.1–3.5 |
| 2100 | -0-7.7–8.4 | -0.3-5.3–3.8 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- People moving in minus people moving out in a year, per 1,000 residents; below zero, more left than arrived.
- Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024.
- The dashed line is the UN projection (medium variant), a scenario rather than a forecast; the band is its 95% prediction interval.
- Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2023, highest first.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
South Korea vs Vietnam
Health
- Life expectancySouth Korea: 84.3 years in 2023Vietnam: 74.6 years in 2023
- Child mortalitySouth Korea: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024Vietnam: 1.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalitySouth Korea: 2.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023Vietnam: 15.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterSouth Korea: 99.3% in 2022Vietnam: 57.8% in 2022
- DepressionSouth Korea: 3.17% in 2017Vietnam: 2.88% in 2017
- Suicide rateSouth Korea: 20.8 per 100,000 people in 2017Vietnam: 7.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationSouth Korea: 51.8 million people in 2023Vietnam: 100 million people in 2023
- Population growthSouth Korea: -0.04% a year in 2023Vietnam: 0.64% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateSouth Korea: 0.72 births per woman in 2023Vietnam: 1.91 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationSouth Korea: 81.2% in 2025Vietnam: 38.8% in 2025
- Median ageSouth Korea: 44.5 years in 2023Vietnam: 32.4 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overSouth Korea: 18.3% in 2023Vietnam: 8.6% in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingSouth Korea: 2.6% of GDP in 2025Vietnam: 2.15% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsSouth Korea: $48.9B in 2025Vietnam: $10.9B in 2025
- Military spending per personSouth Korea: $924 in 2025Vietnam: $104 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingSouth Korea: 10.8% of government spending in 2025Vietnam: 9.9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelSouth Korea: 569,000 people in 2020Vietnam: 522,000 people in 2020
- National powerSouth Korea: 2% of world capability in 2022Vietnam: 1.11% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersSouth Korea: 2.01% of the labour force in 2020Vietnam: 0.95% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsSouth Korea: 222 million TIV in 2025Vietnam: 177 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsSouth Korea: 2.02 billion TIV in 2025Vietnam: 10 million TIV in 2018