Germany vs Vietnam: Has the population peaked?

Germany

84.55 million people

in 2023

Vietnam

100.35 million people

in 2023

Germany rank

19th

Vietnam rank

16th

Has the population peaked? over time

Vietnam currently reports 100.35 million people against 84.55 million people in Germany, a difference of 15.80 million people.

That makes Vietnam's figure about 1.2 times Germany's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Germany ahead.

Germany ranks 19th and Vietnam ranks 16th of 236 countries.

Indicator: Has the population peaked?
Unit: people
Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

The total population, measured on 1 July of the year shown.