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China vs Vietnam

124 shared metrics.

ChinaLeads in 80

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VietnamLeads in 44

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What matters for both sides

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China

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Identity

Formal name: People's Republic of China.

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China's population began shrinking in 2022, its first annual decline in about six decades.

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Vietnam

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Identity

Formal name: Socialist Republic of Vietnam.

CIA 2026

Curated stat

Vietnam has more people than France.

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Analysis

China leads in 80 of 124 shared metrics, while Vietnam leads in 44.

China's Domestic Patents is 1337.3x that of Vietnam (1.43M vs 1.1K).

China's All-Time Olympic Gold Medals is 329.0x that of Vietnam (330 gold medals vs 1.0 gold medals).

China's All-Time Olympic Medals is 162.8x that of Vietnam (819 medals vs 5.0 medals).

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).

Key Comparisons

Domestic PatentsChina leads

China

1.43M

Vietnam

1.1K

All-Time Olympic Gold MedalsChina leads

China

330 gold medals

Vietnam

1.0 gold medals

All-Time Olympic MedalsChina leads

China

819 medals

Vietnam

5.0 medals

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

All Metrics

Domestic Patents

China

1.43M

Vietnam

1.1K

133732% higher

All-Time Olympic Gold Medals

China

330 gold medals

Vietnam

1.0 gold medals

32900% higher

All-Time Olympic Medals

China

819 medals

Vietnam

5.0 medals

16280% higher

Scientific Publications

China

898.9K

Vietnam

10.5K

8437% higher

Railway Length

China

150.0K km

Vietnam

2.6K km

5669% higher

GDP (Nominal)

China

$18,743,803,170,827.2

Vietnam

$476,388,230,307.17

3835% higher

Railway Network

China

109.8K km

Vietnam

3.2K km

3375% higher

Electric Generating Capacity

China

2.95B kW

Vietnam

85.72M kW

3340% higher

Electricity Generation

China

10.1K TWh

Vietnam

306.33 TWh

3188% higher

Total CO2 Emissions

China

13.1K Mt CO2e

Vietnam

430.82 Mt CO2e

2946% higher

Land Area

China

9.39M km²

Vietnam

313.4K km²

2895% higher

Foreign Patents

China

159.0K

Vietnam

7.5K

2029% higher

Airports

China

571

Vietnam

1486% higher

Forest Area

China

2.26M km²

Vietnam

148.7K km²

1417% higher

Irrigated Land

China

690.1K km²

Vietnam

46.0K km²

1400% higher

Spirits Consumption

China

2.5 L/person/yr

Vietnam

0.18 L/person/yr

1262% higher

Population

China

1.41B

Vietnam

106.69M

1219% higher

Shipping Traffic

China

268.99M

Vietnam

20.52M

1211% higher

Air Passengers

China

619.22M

Vietnam

55.11M

1024% higher

Tourist Arrivals

China

30.40M

Vietnam

3.84M

692% higher

Comparison of China and Vietnam across 124 metrics
				Winner
Domestic Patents	1.43M	1.1K	133732% higher	China
All-Time Olympic Gold Medals	330 gold medals	1.0 gold medals	32900% higher	China
All-Time Olympic Medals	819 medals	5.0 medals	16280% higher	China
Scientific Publications	898.9K	10.5K	8437% higher	China
Railway Length	150.0K km	2.6K km	5669% higher	China
GDP (Nominal)	$18,743,803,170,827.2	$476,388,230,307.17	3835% higher	China
Railway Network	109.8K km	3.2K km	3375% higher	China
Electric Generating Capacity	2.95B kW	85.72M kW	3340% higher	China
Electricity Generation	10.1K TWh	306.33 TWh	3188% higher	China
Total CO2 Emissions	13.1K Mt CO2e	430.82 Mt CO2e	2946% higher	China
Land Area	9.39M km²	313.4K km²	2895% higher	China
Foreign Patents	159.0K	7.5K	2029% higher	China
Airports	571	36	1486% higher	China
Forest Area	2.26M km²	148.7K km²	1417% higher	China
Irrigated Land	690.1K km²	46.0K km²	1400% higher	China
Spirits Consumption	2.5 L/person/yr	0.18 L/person/yr	1262% higher	China
Population	1.41B	106.69M	1219% higher	China
Shipping Traffic	268.99M	20.52M	1211% higher	China
Air Passengers	619.22M	55.11M	1024% higher	China
Tourist Arrivals	30.40M	3.84M	692% higher	China
Credit Card Ownership	46.03% of adults	5.8% of adults	691% higher	China
McDonald's Outlets per Million PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	1.6 per 1M people	0.21 per 1M people	685% higher	China
UNESCO World Heritage Sites	60 sites	8.0 sites	650% higher	China
Water Withdrawal	568.48 B m³	81.86 B m³	594% higher	China
R&D Spending (% GDP)	2.6% of GDP	0.42% of GDP	501% higher	China
Border Neighbors	16	3.0	433% higher	China
Land Border Length	22.5K km	4.6K km	387% higher	China
Armed Forces Personnel	2.54M	522.0K	386% higher	China
Coastline Length	14.5K km	3.4K km	321% higher	China
Merchant Fleet Size	8.3K	2.0K	321% higher	China
Obesity Rate	8.2%	2.1%	294% higher	China
Health Spending Per Capita	$672.45	$188.9	256% higher	China
Unemployment Rate	4.6%	1.4%	219% higher	China
GNI Per Capita	$13,660	$4,490	204% higher	China
Highest Elevation	8.8K m	3.1K m	181% higher	China
Doctors (per 1,000)	3.1 per 1k	1.1 per 1k	180% higher	China
Energy Use (Per Capita)	2.9K kg oil eq/person	1.0K kg oil eq/person	179% higher	China
Capital Elevation	43 m	16 m	169% higher	China
ATMs per 100,000 Adults	72.03 per 100k	27.25 per 100k	164% higher	China
Youth Unemployment Rate	15.79% of youth labor force	6.2% of youth labor force	156% higher	China
Electricity Use (Per Capita)	6.5K kWh/person	2.6K kWh/person	149% higher	China
Researchers	1.8K per 1M	767.89 per 1M	141% higher	China
CO2 Per Capita	8.7 t/person/yr	3.7 t/person/yr	136% higher	China
Wind Electricity Share	10.73%	4.6%	131% higher	China
Protected Land (%)	15.6%	7.6%	105% higher	China
University Enrollment Rate	76.88%	37.59%	104% higher	China
Time Zones Count	4.0 time zones	2.0 time zones	100% higher	China
Milk Consumption per Person	32.66 kg/person/yr	16.36 kg/person/yr	100% higher	China
Firms Asked for Bribes	0.14% of firms	31.07% of firms	100% lower	Vietnam
Firms Making Informal Payments	0.29% of firms	25.51% of firms	99% lower	Vietnam
FDI Inflows (% GDP)	0.10% of GDP	4.2% of GDP	98% lower	Vietnam
Broadband Access (%)	45 per 100 people	23 per 100 people	96% higher	China
Inflation Rate	0.20%	3.6%	94% lower	Vietnam
Hospital Beds (per 1,000)	5.0 per 1k	2.6 per 1k	92% higher	China
Firms Hit by Power Outages	3.7% of firms	43.01% of firms	91% lower	Vietnam
Teen Birth Rate	5.2 per 1k	34.28 per 1k	85% lower	Vietnam
Imports (% GDP)	17.18% of GDP	83.71% of GDP	79% lower	Vietnam
Exports (% GDP)	20.02% of GDP	90.15% of GDP	78% lower	Vietnam
Urban Population (%)	65.89%	38.49%	71% higher	China
Child Mortality	6.2 per 1k births	20 per 1k births	69% lower	Vietnam
Infant Mortality	4.5 per 1k births	14 per 1k births	68% lower	Vietnam
Air Pollution (PM2.5)	34.81 µg/m³	20.8 µg/m³	67% higher	China
GDP Per Capita (PPP)	$27,104.87	$16,385.51	65% higher	China
Liberal Democracy Index	0.04	0.10	62% lower	Vietnam
Elderly Population (%)	14.67%	9.0%	62% higher	China
Vehicles per 1,000 People	212.35 per 1k people	539.01 per 1k people	61% lower	Vietnam
Minimum Paid Vacation Days	5.0 days/yr	12 days/yr	58% lower	Vietnam
Freedom of Expression Index	0.04	0.10	56% lower	Vietnam
Beer Consumption	1.1 L/person/yr	2.6 L/person/yr	55% lower	Vietnam
Population Density	150.26 /km²	320.18 /km²	53% lower	Vietnam
Electoral Democracy Index	0.07	0.15	51% lower	Vietnam
Birth Rate	7.3 per 1k	14.58 per 1k	50% lower	Vietnam
Solar Electricity Share	11.1%	7.4%	49% higher	China
Forest Coverage (%)	24.03%	47.45%	49% lower	Vietnam
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)	3.7% of GDP	6.7% of GDP	45% lower	Vietnam
EV Chargers per 100,000 PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	0.22 per 100k people	0.39 per 100k people	44% lower	Vietnam
Alcohol Consumption	4.6 L/adult/yr	8.0 L/adult/yr	43% lower	Vietnam
Digital Payments Used	88.72% of adults	62.38% of adults	42% higher	China
Agricultural Land (%)	55.43%	39.21%	41% higher	China
High-Tech Exports (%)	26.28%	44.26%	41% lower	Vietnam
Fertility Rate	1.2 children/woman	2.0 children/woman	40% lower	Vietnam
Education Spending (% GDP)	4.0% of GDP	2.9% of GDP	39% higher	China
Renewable Energy (%)	15.2%	24.2%	37% lower	Vietnam
Death Rate	8.0 per 1k	5.8 per 1k	37% higher	China
Youth Population (%)	16.01%	23.22%	31% lower	Vietnam
GDP Growth Rate	5.0%	7.1%	30% lower	Vietnam
Women's Political Empowerment	0.59	0.81	27% lower	Vietnam
Big Mac Price	$3.66	$2.89	27% higher	China
Suicide Rate	8.9 per 100k	7.3 per 100k	23% higher	China
Nobel Laureates Born per Million People	0.01 per 1M people	0.01 per 1M people	22% lower	Vietnam
Insufficient Physical Activity	23.84% of adults	30.32% of adults	21% lower	Vietnam
Median Age	39.1 years	32.4 years	20% higher	China
Government Debt (% GDP)	47% of GDP	58.5% of GDP	20% lower	Vietnam
Political Corruption Index	0.55	0.47	19% higher	China
Renewable Energy (%)	17.47%	21.53%	19% lower	Vietnam
Health Spending (% GDP)	5.4% of GDP	4.6% of GDP	17% higher	China
Electricity Carbon Intensity	525.34 gCO2/kWh	460.73 gCO2/kWh	14% higher	China
Coal Electricity Share	54.35%	48.14%	13% higher	China
Women in Parliament (%)	26.54%	30.63%	13% lower	Vietnam
Water Stress (%)	20.21%	22.78%	11% lower	Vietnam
Average Weekly Work Hours	46.1 hrs/week	41.85 hrs/week	10% higher	China
Food Waste per Person	141.64 kg/person/yr	156.69 kg/person/yr	10% lower	Vietnam
Internet Users (%)	92%	84.15%	9% higher	China
Hypertension Prevalence	27.3% of adults	29.7% of adults	8% lower	Vietnam
Dependency Ratio	44.24% of working-age pop.	47.65% of working-age pop.	7% lower	Vietnam
Life Evaluation Score	6.1 pts	6.4 pts	6% lower	Vietnam
Corruption Perceptions Index	43 pts	41 pts	5% higher	China
Tobacco Use Prevalence	22.7% of adults	21.7% of adults	5% higher	China
Life Expectancy	78.0 years	74.6 years	5% higher	China
Military Spending	1.7% of GDP	1.8% of GDP	5% lower	Vietnam
Human Development Index	0.80	0.77	4% higher	China
Meat Consumption per Person	60.6 kg/person/yr	63.34 kg/person/yr	4% lower	Vietnam
Smoking Rate	23.4%	22.5%	4% higher	China
Mobile Subscriptions (%)	132 per 100 people	128 per 100 people	3% higher	China
Can Raise Emergency Money	95.1% of adults	98.26% of adults	3% lower	Vietnam
Sanitation Access (%)	97.27%	95.45%	2% higher	China
Road Traffic Death Rate	17.4 per 100k	17.7 per 100k	2% lower	Vietnam
Seafood Consumption per Person	40.33 kg/person/yr	39.84 kg/person/yr	1% higher	China
Adult Literacy Rate	96.74%	96.13%	1% higher	China
Firms with Female Top Manager	19.6% of firms	19.4% of firms	1% higher	China
Inequality (Gini)	36	36.1	equal	Vietnam
Electricity Access (%)	100%	99.8%	equal	China
Lowest Elevation	-154 m	0 m	ranked lower	Vietnam
Official Languages Count	1.0	1.0	equal	China

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Analysis

China leads in 80 of 124 shared metrics, while Vietnam leads in 44.

China's Domestic Patents is 1337.3x that of Vietnam (1.43M vs 1.1K).

China's All-Time Olympic Gold Medals is 329.0x that of Vietnam (330 gold medals vs 1.0 gold medals).

China's All-Time Olympic Medals is 162.8x that of Vietnam (819 medals vs 5.0 medals).

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).

Key Comparisons

Domestic PatentsChina leads

China

1.43M

Vietnam

1.1K

All-Time Olympic Gold MedalsChina leads

China

330 gold medals

Vietnam

1.0 gold medals

All-Time Olympic MedalsChina leads

China

819 medals

Vietnam

5.0 medals

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

Domestic Patents

1.43M

1.1K

All-Time Olympic Gold Medals

330 gold medals

1.0 gold medals

All-Time Olympic Medals

819 medals

5.0 medals

Scientific Publications

898.9K

10.5K

Railway Length

150.0K km

2.6K km

GDP (Nominal)

$18,743,803,170,827.2

$476,388,230,307.17

Railway Network

109.8K km

3.2K km

Electric Generating Capacity

2.95B kW

85.72M kW

Electricity Generation

10.1K TWh

306.33 TWh

Total CO2 Emissions

13.1K Mt CO2e

430.82 Mt CO2e

Land Area

9.39M km²

313.4K km²

Foreign Patents

159.0K

7.5K

Airports

571

Forest Area

2.26M km²

148.7K km²

Irrigated Land

690.1K km²

46.0K km²

Spirits Consumption

2.5 L/person/yr

0.18 L/person/yr

Population

1.41B

106.69M

Shipping Traffic

268.99M

20.52M

Air Passengers

619.22M

55.11M

Tourist Arrivals

30.40M

3.84M

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Analysis

Key Comparisons

All Metrics

Domestic Patents

All-Time Olympic Gold Medals

All-Time Olympic Medals

Scientific Publications

Railway Length

GDP (Nominal)

Railway Network

Electric Generating Capacity

Electricity Generation

Total CO2 Emissions

Land Area

Foreign Patents

Airports

Forest Area

Irrigated Land

Spirits Consumption

Population

Shipping Traffic

Air Passengers

Tourist Arrivals

Credit Card Ownership

McDonald's Outlets per Million People

UNESCO World Heritage Sites

Water Withdrawal

R&D Spending (% GDP)

Border Neighbors

Land Border Length

Armed Forces Personnel

Coastline Length

Merchant Fleet Size

Obesity Rate

Health Spending Per Capita

Unemployment Rate

GNI Per Capita

Highest Elevation

Doctors (per 1,000)

Energy Use (Per Capita)

Capital Elevation

ATMs per 100,000 Adults

Youth Unemployment Rate

Electricity Use (Per Capita)

Researchers

CO2 Per Capita

Wind Electricity Share

Protected Land (%)

University Enrollment Rate

Time Zones Count

Milk Consumption per Person

Firms Asked for Bribes

Firms Making Informal Payments

FDI Inflows (% GDP)

Broadband Access (%)

Inflation Rate

Hospital Beds (per 1,000)

Firms Hit by Power Outages

Teen Birth Rate

Imports (% GDP)

Exports (% GDP)

Urban Population (%)

Child Mortality

Infant Mortality

Air Pollution (PM2.5)

GDP Per Capita (PPP)

Liberal Democracy Index

Elderly Population (%)

Vehicles per 1,000 People

Minimum Paid Vacation Days

Freedom of Expression Index

Beer Consumption

Population Density

Electoral Democracy Index

Birth Rate