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