China
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Identity
Formal name: People's Republic of China.
CIA 2026
Curated stat
China's population began shrinking in 2022, its first annual decline in about six decades.
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122 shared metrics.
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Vietnam
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Identity
Formal name: Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
CIA 2026
Analysis
China leads in 78 of 122 shared metrics, while Vietnam leads in 44.
China's Domestic Patents is 1337.3x that of Vietnam (1.43M vs 1.1K).
China's Scientific Publications is 84.4x that of Vietnam (898.9K vs 10.5K).
China's Railway Length is 56.7x that of Vietnam (150.0K km vs 2.6K km).
China's GDP (Nominal) is 38.4x that of Vietnam ($18,743,803,170,827.2 vs $476,388,230,307.17).
China's Railway Network is 33.8x that of Vietnam (109.8K km vs 3.2K km).
Key Comparisons
Domestic PatentsChina leads
China
1.43M
Vietnam
1.1K
Scientific PublicationsChina leads
China
898.9K
Vietnam
10.5K
Railway LengthChina leads
China
150.0K km
Vietnam
2.6K km
GDP (Nominal)China leads
China
$18,743,803,170,827.2
Vietnam
$476,388,230,307.17
Railway NetworkChina leads
China
109.8K km
Vietnam
3.2K km
Electric Generating CapacityChina leads
China
2.95B kW
Vietnam
85.72M kW
All Metrics
Domestic Patents
ChinaChina
1.43M
Vietnam
1.1K
133732% higher
Scientific Publications
ChinaChina
898.9K
Vietnam
10.5K
8437% higher
Railway Length
ChinaChina
150.0K km
Vietnam
2.6K km
5669% higher
GDP (Nominal)
ChinaChina
$18,743,803,170,827.2
Vietnam
$476,388,230,307.17
3835% higher
Railway Network
ChinaChina
109.8K km
Vietnam
3.2K km
3375% higher
Electric Generating Capacity
ChinaChina
2.95B kW
Vietnam
85.72M kW
3340% higher
Electricity Generation
ChinaChina
10.1K TWh
Vietnam
306.33 TWh
3188% higher
Total CO2 Emissions
ChinaChina
13.1K Mt CO2e
Vietnam
430.82 Mt CO2e
2946% higher
Land Area
ChinaChina
9.39M km²
Vietnam
313.4K km²
2895% higher
Foreign Patents
ChinaChina
159.0K
Vietnam
7.5K
2029% higher
Airports
ChinaChina
571
Vietnam
36
1486% higher
Forest Area
ChinaChina
2.26M km²
Vietnam
148.7K km²
1417% higher
Irrigated Land
ChinaChina
690.1K km²
Vietnam
46.0K km²
1400% higher
Spirits Consumption
ChinaChina
2.5 L/person/yr
Vietnam
0.18 L/person/yr
1262% higher
Population
ChinaChina
1.41B
Vietnam
106.69M
1219% higher
Shipping Traffic
ChinaChina
268.99M
Vietnam
20.52M
1211% higher
Air Passengers
ChinaChina
619.22M
Vietnam
55.11M
1024% higher
Tourist Arrivals
ChinaChina
30.40M
Vietnam
3.84M
692% higher
Credit Card Ownership
ChinaChina
46.03% of adults
Vietnam
5.8% of adults
691% higher
McDonald's Outlets per Million People
ChinaChina
1.6 per 1M people
Vietnam
0.21 per 1M people
685% higher
UNESCO World Heritage Sites
ChinaChina
60 sites
Vietnam
8.0 sites
650% higher
Water Withdrawal
ChinaChina
568.48 B m³
Vietnam
81.86 B m³
594% higher
R&D Spending (% GDP)
ChinaChina
2.6% of GDP
Vietnam
0.42% of GDP
501% higher
Border Neighbors
ChinaChina
16
Vietnam
3.0
433% higher
Land Border Length
ChinaChina
22.5K km
Vietnam
4.6K km
387% higher
Armed Forces Personnel
ChinaChina
2.54M
Vietnam
522.0K
386% higher
Coastline Length
ChinaChina
14.5K km
Vietnam
3.4K km
321% higher
Merchant Fleet Size
ChinaChina
8.3K
Vietnam
2.0K
321% higher
Obesity Rate
ChinaChina
8.2%
Vietnam
2.1%
294% higher
Health Spending Per Capita
ChinaChina
$672.45
Vietnam
$188.9
256% higher
Unemployment Rate
ChinaChina
4.6%
Vietnam
1.4%
219% higher
GNI Per Capita
ChinaChina
$13,660
Vietnam
$4,490
204% higher
Highest Elevation
ChinaChina
8.8K m
Vietnam
3.1K m
181% higher
Doctors (per 1,000)
ChinaChina
3.1 per 1k
Vietnam
1.1 per 1k
180% higher
Energy Use (Per Capita)
ChinaChina
2.9K kg oil eq/person
Vietnam
1.0K kg oil eq/person
179% higher
Capital Elevation
ChinaChina
43 m
Vietnam
16 m
169% higher
ATMs per 100,000 Adults
ChinaChina
72.03 per 100k
Vietnam
27.25 per 100k
164% higher
Youth Unemployment Rate
ChinaChina
15.79% of youth labor force
Vietnam
6.2% of youth labor force
156% higher
Electricity Use (Per Capita)
ChinaChina
6.5K kWh/person
Vietnam
2.6K kWh/person
149% higher
Researchers
ChinaChina
1.8K per 1M
Vietnam
767.89 per 1M
141% higher
CO2 Per Capita
ChinaChina
8.7 t/person/yr
Vietnam
3.7 t/person/yr
136% higher
Wind Electricity Share
ChinaChina
10.73%
Vietnam
4.6%
131% higher
Protected Land (%)
ChinaChina
15.6%
Vietnam
7.6%
105% higher
University Enrollment Rate
ChinaChina
76.88%
Vietnam
37.59%
104% higher
Time Zones Count
ChinaChina
4.0 time zones
Vietnam
2.0 time zones
100% higher
Milk Consumption per Person
ChinaChina
32.66 kg/person/yr
Vietnam
16.36 kg/person/yr
100% higher
Firms Asked for Bribes
VietnamChina
0.14% of firms
Vietnam
31.07% of firms
100% lower
Firms Making Informal Payments
VietnamChina
0.29% of firms
Vietnam
25.51% of firms
99% lower
FDI Inflows (% GDP)
VietnamChina
0.10% of GDP
Vietnam
4.2% of GDP
98% lower
Broadband Access (%)
ChinaChina
45 per 100 people
Vietnam
23 per 100 people
96% higher
Inflation Rate
VietnamChina
0.20%
Vietnam
3.6%
94% lower
Hospital Beds (per 1,000)
ChinaChina
5.0 per 1k
Vietnam
2.6 per 1k
92% higher
Firms Hit by Power Outages
VietnamChina
3.7% of firms
Vietnam
43.01% of firms
91% lower
Teen Birth Rate
VietnamChina
5.2 per 1k
Vietnam
34.28 per 1k
85% lower
Imports (% GDP)
VietnamChina
17.18% of GDP
Vietnam
83.71% of GDP
79% lower
Exports (% GDP)
VietnamChina
20.02% of GDP
Vietnam
90.15% of GDP
78% lower
Urban Population (%)
ChinaChina
65.89%
Vietnam
38.49%
71% higher
Child Mortality
VietnamChina
6.2 per 1k births
Vietnam
20 per 1k births
69% lower
Infant Mortality
VietnamChina
4.5 per 1k births
Vietnam
14 per 1k births
68% lower
Air Pollution (PM2.5)
ChinaChina
34.81 µg/m³
Vietnam
20.8 µg/m³
67% higher
GDP Per Capita (PPP)
ChinaChina
$27,104.87
Vietnam
$16,385.51
65% higher
Liberal Democracy Index
VietnamChina
0.04
Vietnam
0.10
62% lower
Elderly Population (%)
ChinaChina
14.67%
Vietnam
9.0%
62% higher
Vehicles per 1,000 People
VietnamChina
212.35 per 1k people
Vietnam
539.01 per 1k people
61% lower
Minimum Paid Vacation Days
VietnamChina
5.0 days/yr
Vietnam
12 days/yr
58% lower
Freedom of Expression Index
VietnamChina
0.04
Vietnam
0.10
56% lower
Beer Consumption
VietnamChina
1.1 L/person/yr
Vietnam
2.6 L/person/yr
55% lower
Population Density
VietnamChina
150.26 /km²
Vietnam
320.18 /km²
53% lower
Electoral Democracy Index
VietnamChina
0.07
Vietnam
0.15
51% lower
Birth Rate
VietnamChina
7.3 per 1k
Vietnam
14.58 per 1k
50% lower
Solar Electricity Share
ChinaChina
11.1%
Vietnam
7.4%
49% higher
Forest Coverage (%)
VietnamChina
24.03%
Vietnam
47.45%
49% lower
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)
VietnamChina
3.7% of GDP
Vietnam
6.7% of GDP
45% lower
EV Chargers per 100,000 People
VietnamChina
0.22 per 100k people
Vietnam
0.39 per 100k people
44% lower
Alcohol Consumption
VietnamChina
4.6 L/adult/yr
Vietnam
8.0 L/adult/yr
43% lower
Digital Payments Used
ChinaChina
88.72% of adults
Vietnam
62.38% of adults
42% higher
Agricultural Land (%)
ChinaChina
55.43%
Vietnam
39.21%
41% higher
High-Tech Exports (%)
VietnamChina
26.28%
Vietnam
44.26%
41% lower
Fertility Rate
VietnamChina
1.2 children/woman
Vietnam
2.0 children/woman
40% lower
Education Spending (% GDP)
ChinaChina
4.0% of GDP
Vietnam
2.9% of GDP
39% higher
Renewable Energy (%)
VietnamChina
15.2%
Vietnam
24.2%
37% lower
Death Rate
ChinaChina
8.0 per 1k
Vietnam
5.8 per 1k
37% higher
Youth Population (%)
VietnamChina
16.01%
Vietnam
23.22%
31% lower
GDP Growth Rate
VietnamChina
5.0%
Vietnam
7.1%
30% lower
Women's Political Empowerment
VietnamChina
0.59
Vietnam
0.81
27% lower
Big Mac Price
ChinaChina
$3.66
Vietnam
$2.89
27% higher
Suicide Rate
ChinaChina
8.9 per 100k
Vietnam
7.3 per 100k
23% higher
Nobel Laureates Born per Million People
VietnamChina
0.01 per 1M people
Vietnam
0.01 per 1M people
22% lower
Insufficient Physical Activity
VietnamChina
23.84% of adults
Vietnam
30.32% of adults
21% lower
Median Age
ChinaChina
39.1 years
Vietnam
32.4 years
20% higher
Government Debt (% GDP)
VietnamChina
47% of GDP
Vietnam
58.5% of GDP
20% lower
Political Corruption Index
ChinaChina
0.55
Vietnam
0.47
19% higher
Renewable Energy (%)
VietnamChina
17.47%
Vietnam
21.53%
19% lower
Health Spending (% GDP)
ChinaChina
5.4% of GDP
Vietnam
4.6% of GDP
17% higher
Electricity Carbon Intensity
ChinaChina
525.34 gCO2/kWh
Vietnam
460.73 gCO2/kWh
14% higher
Coal Electricity Share
ChinaChina
54.35%
Vietnam
48.14%
13% higher
Women in Parliament (%)
VietnamChina
26.54%
Vietnam
30.63%
13% lower
Water Stress (%)
VietnamChina
20.21%
Vietnam
22.78%
11% lower
Average Weekly Work Hours
ChinaChina
46.1 hrs/week
Vietnam
41.85 hrs/week
10% higher
Food Waste per Person
VietnamChina
141.64 kg/person/yr
Vietnam
156.69 kg/person/yr
10% lower
Internet Users (%)
ChinaChina
92%
Vietnam
84.15%
9% higher
Hypertension Prevalence
VietnamChina
27.3% of adults
Vietnam
29.7% of adults
8% lower
Dependency Ratio
VietnamChina
44.24% of working-age pop.
Vietnam
47.65% of working-age pop.
7% lower
Life Evaluation Score
VietnamChina
6.1 pts
Vietnam
6.4 pts
6% lower
Corruption Perceptions Index
ChinaChina
43 pts
Vietnam
41 pts
5% higher
Tobacco Use Prevalence
ChinaChina
22.7% of adults
Vietnam
21.7% of adults
5% higher
Life Expectancy
ChinaChina
78.0 years
Vietnam
74.6 years
5% higher
Military Spending
VietnamChina
1.7% of GDP
Vietnam
1.8% of GDP
5% lower
Human Development Index
ChinaChina
0.80
Vietnam
0.77
4% higher
Meat Consumption per Person
VietnamChina
60.6 kg/person/yr
Vietnam
63.34 kg/person/yr
4% lower
Smoking Rate
ChinaChina
23.4%
Vietnam
22.5%
4% higher
Mobile Subscriptions (%)
ChinaChina
132 per 100 people
Vietnam
128 per 100 people
3% higher
Can Raise Emergency Money
VietnamChina
95.1% of adults
Vietnam
98.26% of adults
3% lower
Sanitation Access (%)
ChinaChina
97.27%
Vietnam
95.45%
2% higher
Road Traffic Death Rate
VietnamChina
17.4 per 100k
Vietnam
17.7 per 100k
2% lower
Seafood Consumption per Person
ChinaChina
40.33 kg/person/yr
Vietnam
39.84 kg/person/yr
1% higher
Adult Literacy Rate
ChinaChina
96.74%
Vietnam
96.13%
1% higher
Firms with Female Top Manager
ChinaChina
19.6% of firms
Vietnam
19.4% of firms
1% higher
Inequality (Gini)
VietnamChina
36
Vietnam
36.1
equal
Electricity Access (%)
ChinaChina
100%
Vietnam
99.8%
equal
Lowest Elevation
VietnamChina
-154 m
Vietnam
0 m
ranked lower
Official Languages Count
ChinaChina
1.0
Vietnam
1.0
equal
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