Somalia vs Viet Nam: Annual growth rate of urban population share
Somalia
0.9%
in 2025
Viet Nam
0.9%
in 2025
Somalia rank
50th
Viet Nam rank
53rd
Annual growth rate of urban population share over time
- Somalia
- Viet Nam
How they compare
Somalia currently reports 0.9% against 0.9% in Viet Nam, a difference of 0.0%.
That makes Somalia's figure about 1.1 times Viet Nam's.
The two have swapped places 8 times across 76 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Somalia ahead.
Somalia ranks 50th and Viet Nam ranks 53rd of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Somalia averaged higher in 3 and Viet Nam in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Somalia | Viet Nam | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 3.2% | 3.7% | 0.5% | Viet Nam |
| 1960s | 2.8% | 3.2% | 0.5% | Viet Nam |
| 1970s | 1.5% | -0.8% | 2.3% | Somalia |
| 1980s | 0.9% | -0.0% | 0.9% | Somalia |
| 1990s | 1.2% | 2.3% | 1.2% | Viet Nam |
| 2000s | 1.5% | 2.2% | 0.7% | Viet Nam |
| 2010s | 3.1% | 1.6% | 1.5% | Somalia |
| 2020s | 1.1% | 1.8% | 0.7% | Viet Nam |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual growth rate of urban population share, Somalia or Viet Nam?
- Somalia, at 0.9% against 0.9% in Viet Nam as of 2025.
- What is the difference in annual growth rate of urban population share between Somalia and Viet Nam?
- 0.0%, with Somalia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Somalia and Viet Nam?
- 76 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2025.
- How do Somalia and Viet Nam rank globally for annual growth rate of urban population share?
- Somalia ranks 50th and Viet Nam ranks 53rd of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2025) β with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Annual growth rate of urban population share. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Average annual rate of change of the share of the population living in urban areas.