Vietnam
Flag, capital, map and facts, with World Bank figures ranked against the world and Asia.
- Capital
- Hanoi
- Continent
- Asia
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- Southeast Asia
- Land neighbours
- Cambodia, China, Laos
- Population
- 101,598,527 (2025)
- Total area
- 331,338 km² (2023)
- Centre of main landmass
- 16.6° N, 106.3° E
Vietnam at a glance
Vietnam is a country in Asia, in Southeast Asia. Its capital is Hanoi, not Ho Chi Minh City. It shares land borders with 3 countries: Cambodia, China and Laos.
Flag of Vietnam
Vietnam’s flag is drawn in the proportions 2:3 (height to width), the most common shape among the 197 flags in our quizzes (87 of them).
China and Vietnam: yellow stars on red; China has one large and four small stars in the upper corner, Vietnam one large star in the centre.
When it is the question in Guess the Flag, the wrong answers include one or two of the flags most like it in layout and colour: Morocco, Kyrgyzstan, China and Türkiye.
Vietnam in numbers
| Measure | Value | World rank | Rank in Asia |
|---|---|---|---|
| Populationpeople · 2025 | 101,598,527 | 16thof 195 | 8thof 48 |
| Total areakm² · 2023 | 331,338 km² | 66thof 194 | 18thof 48 |
| GDPUS dollars · 2025 | $514.7B | 31stof 182 | 11thof 42 |
| GDP per capitaUS dollars per person · 2025 | $5,066 | 113thof 182 | 25thof 42 |
| Life expectancyyears at birth · 2024 | 74.7 years | 88thof 195 | 24thof 48 |
| Fertility ratebirths per woman · 2024 | 1.90 | 102ndof 195 | 27thof 48 |
| Health spendingUS dollars per person · 2023 | $197 | 127thof 191 | 29thof 47 |
| Urban population% of people · 2025 | 38.8% | 155thof 195 | 39thof 48 |
| Internet users% of people · 2024 | 84.2% | 80thof 180 | 26thof 41 |
| Forest cover% of land area · 2023 | 47.4% | 51stof 191 | 10thof 47 |
| CO₂ per persontonnes per person · 2024 | 4.27 t | 55thof 181 | 21stof 47 |
Each measure links to its higher-or-lower game. How these figures are compiled.
Vietnam compared with its neighbours
Quizzes featuring Vietnam
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Sources
- World Bank Open Data: Vietnam · Indicators as listed in the table, each with its own data year; collected 2026-10-01.
- Flag: Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
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