Vietnam
Life expectancy in Vietnam
Life expectancy in Vietnam: 48 years in 1950 and 74.6 years in 2023, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2023
- 74.6 years
- Since 1950
- +26.6 years
- Rank, 2023
- 118 of 229
- counting from the highest
- World, 2023
- 73.2 years
- Projected, 2100
- 86.1 years
- UN projection (medium variant)
years · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at 86.1 years in 2100, between 77.5 years and 93.2 years (95% prediction interval).
- The highest was 75.4 years in 2020, the lowest 48 years in 1950.
Every year
years · UN
| Year | Vietnam | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 74.6 | 73.2 |
| 2022 | 74.5 | 72.6 |
| 2021 | 74.1 | 70.9 |
| 2020 | 75.4 | 71.9 |
| 2019 | 74.2 | 72.6 |
| 2018 | 74.1 | 72.4 |
| 2017 | 74 | 72.1 |
| 2016 | 74 | 71.9 |
| 2015 | 74 | 71.6 |
| 2014 | 73.9 | 71.4 |
| 2013 | 73.8 | 71.1 |
| 2012 | 73.8 | 70.8 |
| 2011 | 73.7 | 70.4 |
| 2010 | 73.6 | 70.1 |
| 2009 | 73.5 | 69.7 |
| 2008 | 73.5 | 69.3 |
| 2007 | 73.4 | 69 |
| 2006 | 73.3 | 68.6 |
| 2005 | 73.2 | 68.1 |
| 2004 | 73.1 | 67.7 |
| 2003 | 73.2 | 67.4 |
| 2002 | 73.1 | 67.1 |
| 2001 | 73 | 66.8 |
| 2000 | 72.8 | 66.4 |
| 1999 | 72.6 | 66 |
| 1998 | 72.3 | 65.7 |
| 1997 | 71.7 | 65.5 |
| 1996 | 71.3 | 65.2 |
| 1995 | 70.9 | 64.9 |
| 1994 | 70.4 | 64.3 |
| 1993 | 70 | 64.4 |
| 1992 | 69.6 | 64.3 |
| 1991 | 69.3 | 64.1 |
| 1990 | 69 | 64 |
| 1989 | 68.8 | 63.8 |
| 1988 | 68.6 | 63.4 |
| 1987 | 68 | 63.2 |
| 1986 | 67.6 | 62.7 |
| 1985 | 67.2 | 62.2 |
| 1984 | 66.9 | 61.9 |
| 1983 | 66.5 | 61.5 |
| 1982 | 66.2 | 61.3 |
| 1981 | 65.8 | 60.9 |
| 1980 | 65.3 | 60.5 |
| 1979 | 65 | 60.2 |
| 1978 | 64.5 | 59.5 |
| 1977 | 64.1 | 59.2 |
| 1976 | 63.7 | 58.6 |
| 1975 | 61.9 | 58.3 |
| 1974 | 54.8 | 58.1 |
| 1973 | 55.7 | 57.7 |
| 1972 | 51.9 | 57.2 |
| 1971 | 55.6 | 56 |
| 1970 | 54.9 | 56.3 |
| 1969 | 54.8 | 56 |
| 1968 | 52.7 | 55.6 |
| 1967 | 56.7 | 55.1 |
| 1966 | 56.9 | 54.6 |
| 1965 | 57 | 54 |
| 1964 | 57.5 | 54.3 |
| 1963 | 56.9 | 53.7 |
| 1962 | 58.2 | 53.2 |
| 1961 | 58.5 | 50.4 |
| 1960 | 58.1 | 47.8 |
| 1959 | 57.4 | 49.6 |
| 1958 | 56.8 | 51.6 |
| 1957 | 56.2 | 51.1 |
| 1956 | 55.5 | 50.7 |
| 1955 | 54.8 | 50.2 |
| 1954 | 52 | 49.7 |
| 1953 | 50 | 48.8 |
| 1952 | 49.4 | 48.2 |
| 1951 | 48.7 | 47.1 |
| 1950 | 48 | 46.4 |
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | Vietnam | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 74.773.7–75.9 | 73.3 |
| 2025 | 74.973.3–76.5 | 73.5 |
| 2026 | 75.173.1–76.9 | 73.8 |
| 2027 | 75.272.9–77.3 | 73.9 |
| 2028 | 75.472.8–77.7 | 74.1 |
| 2029 | 75.572.7–78.1 | 74.2 |
| 2030 | 75.772.6–78.5 | 74.4 |
| 2031 | 75.872.5–78.7 | 74.5 |
| 2032 | 7672.7–79 | 74.7 |
| 2033 | 76.272.4–79.2 | 74.8 |
| 2034 | 76.372.4–79.6 | 75 |
| 2035 | 76.572.4–79.9 | 75.1 |
| 2036 | 76.772.3–80.2 | 75.3 |
| 2037 | 76.872.5–80.5 | 75.4 |
| 2038 | 7772.4–80.9 | 75.5 |
| 2039 | 77.172.5–81.1 | 75.7 |
| 2040 | 77.372.6–81.4 | 75.8 |
| 2041 | 77.572.6–81.7 | 75.9 |
| 2042 | 77.672.7–81.9 | 76.1 |
| 2043 | 77.872.6–82.1 | 76.2 |
| 2044 | 77.972.6–82.4 | 76.3 |
| 2045 | 78.172.8–82.6 | 76.5 |
| 2046 | 78.372.7–82.8 | 76.6 |
| 2047 | 78.472.6–83 | 76.7 |
| 2048 | 78.672.7–83.3 | 76.8 |
| 2049 | 78.872.7–83.5 | 76.9 |
| 2050 | 78.972.9–83.8 | 77 |
| 2051 | 79.172.8–84 | 77.1 |
| 2052 | 79.272.9–84.3 | 77.2 |
| 2053 | 79.473–84.5 | 77.3 |
| 2054 | 79.672.8–84.5 | 77.4 |
| 2055 | 79.772.9–84.8 | 77.6 |
| 2056 | 79.972.8–84.9 | 77.7 |
| 2057 | 8072.8–85.2 | 77.8 |
| 2058 | 80.273–85.4 | 77.9 |
| 2059 | 80.373.2–85.6 | 78 |
| 2060 | 80.573.2–85.9 | 78.1 |
| 2061 | 80.673.2–86 | 78.2 |
| 2062 | 80.873.5–86.2 | 78.3 |
| 2063 | 8173.4–86.2 | 78.4 |
| 2064 | 81.173.6–86.3 | 78.5 |
| 2065 | 81.373.6–86.5 | 78.6 |
| 2066 | 81.473.3–86.6 | 78.7 |
| 2067 | 81.573.5–86.7 | 78.8 |
| 2068 | 81.773.7–87 | 78.9 |
| 2069 | 81.873.7–87 | 79 |
| 2070 | 8274–87.3 | 79.1 |
| 2071 | 82.174–87.5 | 79.2 |
| 2072 | 82.374.1–87.8 | 79.3 |
| 2073 | 82.474.2–88 | 79.4 |
| 2074 | 82.674.3–88.2 | 79.4 |
| 2075 | 82.774.4–88.4 | 79.5 |
| 2076 | 82.974.5–88.7 | 79.6 |
| 2077 | 8374.5–88.8 | 79.7 |
| 2078 | 83.174.4–89.1 | 79.8 |
| 2079 | 83.374.8–89.4 | 79.9 |
| 2080 | 83.474.8–89.6 | 80 |
| 2081 | 83.675–89.8 | 80.1 |
| 2082 | 83.775.2–90.1 | 80.2 |
| 2083 | 83.875.4–90.4 | 80.3 |
| 2084 | 8475.6–90.7 | 80.3 |
| 2085 | 84.175.8–90.9 | 80.4 |
| 2086 | 84.375.6–90.8 | 80.5 |
| 2087 | 84.475.8–91.2 | 80.6 |
| 2088 | 84.575.9–91.1 | 80.7 |
| 2089 | 84.776–91.3 | 80.8 |
| 2090 | 84.876.2–91.6 | 80.9 |
| 2091 | 84.976.2–91.5 | 81 |
| 2092 | 8576.4–91.8 | 81 |
| 2093 | 85.276.4–91.9 | 81.1 |
| 2094 | 85.376.8–92.1 | 81.2 |
| 2095 | 85.476.8–92.4 | 81.3 |
| 2096 | 85.676.9–92.7 | 81.4 |
| 2097 | 85.777.1–92.8 | 81.5 |
| 2098 | 85.877.1–93 | 81.6 |
| 2099 | 8677.1–93 | 81.7 |
| 2100 | 86.177.5–93.2 | 81.7 |
Good to know
- How long a newborn would live on average if the year’s death rates held all its life.
- 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.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
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- Military spending2.15% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$10.9B in 2025
- Military spending per person$104 in 2025
- Military share of state spending9.9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel522,000 people in 2020
- National power1.11% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.95% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports177 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports10 million TIV in 2018