Iran vs Vietnam: Population

Iran

90.61 million people

in 2023

Vietnam

100.35 million people

in 2023

Iran rank

17th

Vietnam rank

16th

Population over time

Vietnam currently reports 100.35 million people against 90.61 million people in Iran, a difference of 9.74 million people.

That makes Vietnam's figure about 1.1 times Iran's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 241 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Iran ahead.

Iran ranks 17th and Vietnam ranks 16th of 238 countries.

Indicator: Population
Unit: people
Source: HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 239 places, 51,002 data points, 1000–2023
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Population by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2023, based on data and estimates from different sources.