Türkiye vs Viet Nam: The global population hockey stick

Türkiye
87.27 million people
in 2023
Viet Nam
100.35 million people
in 2023
Türkiye rank
19th
Viet Nam rank
17th

The global population hockey stick over time

  • Türkiye
  • Viet Nam
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How they compare

Viet Nam currently reports 100.35 million people against 87.27 million people in Türkiye, a difference of 13.08 million people.

That makes Viet Nam's figure about 1.1 times Türkiye's.

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

Türkiye ranks 19th and Viet Nam ranks 17th of 239 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Türkiye averaged higher in 27 and Viet Nam in 13.

Head to head by decade

Decade Türkiye Viet Nam Difference Ahead
1000s 7.25 million people 800,000 people 6.45 million people Türkiye
1100s 5.30 million people 1.04 million people 4.26 million people Türkiye
1200s 6.25 million people 1.28 million people 4.97 million people Türkiye
1300s 7.20 million people 1.52 million people 5.68 million people Türkiye
1400s 5.80 million people 1.76 million people 4.04 million people Türkiye
1500s 6.25 million people 2.00 million people 4.25 million people Türkiye
1600s 8.00 million people 2.50 million people 5.50 million people Türkiye
1700s 8.50 million people 3.00 million people 5.50 million people Türkiye
1710s 8.60 million people 3.30 million people 5.30 million people Türkiye
1720s 8.72 million people 3.59 million people 5.13 million people Türkiye
1730s 8.85 million people 3.89 million people 4.96 million people Türkiye
1740s 8.98 million people 4.18 million people 4.79 million people Türkiye
1750s 9.11 million people 4.48 million people 4.63 million people Türkiye
1760s 9.24 million people 4.78 million people 4.47 million people Türkiye
1770s 9.37 million people 5.07 million people 4.30 million people Türkiye
1780s 9.51 million people 5.37 million people 4.14 million people Türkiye
1790s 9.65 million people 5.66 million people 3.99 million people Türkiye
1800s 9.83 million people 4.48 million people 5.35 million people Türkiye
1810s 9.99 million people 5.73 million people 4.26 million people Türkiye
1820s 10.22 million people 6.45 million people 3.77 million people Türkiye
1830s 10.55 million people 6.28 million people 4.27 million people Türkiye
1840s 10.88 million people 6.10 million people 4.78 million people Türkiye
1850s 11.22 million people 6.85 million people 4.37 million people Türkiye
1860s 11.56 million people 9.04 million people 2.52 million people Türkiye
1870s 12.06 million people 10.62 million people 1.43 million people Türkiye
1880s 12.77 million people 10.95 million people 1.82 million people Türkiye
1890s 13.54 million people 11.28 million people 2.25 million people Türkiye
1900s 14.34 million people 14.68 million people 340,570 people Viet Nam
1910s 14.28 million people 18.77 million people 4.49 million people Viet Nam
1920s 14.16 million people 18.03 million people 3.88 million people Viet Nam
1930s 15.97 million people 18.18 million people 2.21 million people Viet Nam
1940s 18.99 million people 21.60 million people 2.61 million people Viet Nam
1950s 24.10 million people 28.01 million people 3.91 million people Viet Nam
1960s 31.99 million people 36.60 million people 4.61 million people Viet Nam
1970s 40.60 million people 46.19 million people 5.59 million people Viet Nam
1980s 50.13 million people 58.33 million people 8.20 million people Viet Nam
1990s 60.42 million people 71.21 million people 10.79 million people Viet Nam
2000s 68.93 million people 81.23 million people 12.30 million people Viet Nam
2010s 79.17 million people 92.31 million people 13.14 million people Viet Nam
2020s 86.78 million people 99.26 million people 12.48 million people Viet Nam

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher the global population hockey stick, Türkiye or Viet Nam?
Viet Nam, at 100.35 million people against 87.27 million people in Türkiye as of 2023.
What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Türkiye and Viet Nam?
13.08 million people, with Viet Nam ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Türkiye and Viet Nam?
241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do Türkiye and Viet Nam rank globally for the global population hockey stick?
Türkiye ranks 19th and Viet Nam ranks 17th of 239 countries.
Where does this data come from?
HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as The global population hockey stick. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
The global population hockey stick
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
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Population by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2023, based on data and estimates from different sources.