| Source | UN (World Population Prospects 2019) |
| Date | 13 Dec 2021 |
As of 2021, the population of Vietnam is projected at 98.17 million, up by 0.85% compared with 97.34 million in 2020. Vietnam is ranked 15th in terms of population and 124th in terms of population growth rate.
There are 1.55 million births in Vietnam in 2021. That is 4,233 per day, which is ranked 17th. The crude birth rate is 15.77 per 1000 people. There are 0.64 million deaths in Vietnam in 2021. That is 1,748 per day, which is ranked 19th. The crude death rate is 6.51 per 1000 people.
37.78 million people are living in urban areas, which is 38.05% of Vietnam population. Vietnam is ranked 187th in terms of urbanization.
The Sex Ratio in Vietnam in 2021 is 99.73 males per 100 females. There are 49.02 million males and 49.15 million females in Vietnam. The percentage of female population is 50.07% compare to 49.93% male population. Vietnam has 0.13 million more females than males. Vietnam is at 116th position out of 201 countries/territories in terms of female to male ratio.
| Year | Population | Growth (%) |
|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 24,809,909 | - |
| 1955 | 28,147,442 | 2.84 |
| 1960 | 32,670,048 | 3.07 |
| 1965 | 37,858,947 | 2.93 |
| 1970 | 43,404,802 | 2.59 |
| 1975 | 48,718,190 | 2.23 |
| 1980 | 54,281,841 | 2.23 |
| 1985 | 60,896,732 | 2.33 |
| 1990 | 67,988,855 | 2.16 |
| 1995 | 74,910,462 | 1.71 |
| 2000 | 79,910,411 | 1.11 |
| 2005 | 83,832,662 | 0.93 |
| 2010 | 87,967,655 | 1.01 |
| 2015 | 92,677,082 | 1.05 |
| 2016 | 93,640,435 | 1.04 |
| 2017 | 94,600,643 | 1.03 |
| 2018 | 95,545,959 | 1 |
| 2019 | 96,462,108 | 0.96 |
| 2020 | 97,338,583 | 0.91 |
| 2021 | 98,168,829 | 0.85 |
| Year | Total | Crude(per 1000) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Death | Birth | Crude death | Crude birth | |
| 1950 | 380,666 | 926,764 | 15.16 | 37.30 |
| 1955 | 391,148 | 1,194,182 | 13.80 | 42.06 |
| 1960 | 394,021 | 1,378,551 | 12.04 | 42.16 |
| 1965 | 390,111 | 1,476,848 | 10.33 | 38.99 |
| 1970 | 504,823 | 1,579,785 | 11.51 | 36.40 |
| 1975 | 500,537 | 1,662,990 | 10.38 | 34.13 |
| 1980 | 396,035 | 1,741,673 | 7.23 | 31.96 |
| 1985 | 419,133 | 1,867,149 | 6.87 | 30.60 |
| 1990 | 432,735 | 1,945,474 | 6.36 | 28.56 |
| 1995 | 439,462 | 1,700,570 | 5.89 | 22.84 |
| 2000 | 451,136 | 1,393,687 | 5.65 | 17.43 |
| 2005 | 473,988 | 1,411,463 | 5.65 | 16.80 |
| 2010 | 511,594 | 1,522,176 | 5.81 | 17.28 |
| 2015 | 567,680 | 1,600,239 | 6.13 | 17.26 |
| 2020 | 626,335 | 1,566,556 | 6.44 | 16.12 |
| 2021 | 638,069 | 1,545,164 | 6.51 | 15.77 |
| Year | Population | Urbanization | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Urban | Rural | growth rate (%) | Urban (%) | |
| 1950 | 2,888,063 | 21,921,843 | - | 11.641 |
| 1955 | 3,685,807 | 24,461,979 | 5.27 | 13.094 |
| 1960 | 4,802,582 | 27,868,047 | 5.46 | 14.700 |
| 1965 | 6,216,854 | 31,643,158 | 5.22 | 16.421 |
| 1970 | 7,943,534 | 35,463,753 | 4.82 | 18.300 |
| 1975 | 9,152,476 | 39,576,916 | 2.77 | 18.782 |
| 1980 | 10,464,982 | 43,907,532 | 2.65 | 19.247 |
| 1985 | 11,942,117 | 49,107,256 | 2.67 | 19.561 |
| 1990 | 13,817,423 | 54,392,182 | 4.06 | 20.257 |
| 1995 | 16,668,571 | 58,530,406 | 3.55 | 22.166 |
| 2000 | 19,568,590 | 60,716,972 | 3.49 | 24.374 |
| 2005 | 23,000,555 | 61,308,288 | 3.20 | 27.281 |
| 2010 | 26,910,696 | 61,561,816 | 3.26 | 30.417 |
| 2015 | 31,635,369 | 61,936,198 | 3.23 | 33.809 |
| 2020 | 36,727,248 | 61,632,897 | 2.92 | 37.340 |
| 2021 | 37,779,862 | 61,504,284 | 2.87 | 38.052 |
| Age group | Male | Female | Total | M per 100 F | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Persons | Share (%) | ||||
| 00-04 | 4,157,226 | 3,725,421 | 7,882,647 | 8.03 | 111.591 |
| 05-09 | 4,040,708 | 3,612,554 | 7,653,262 | 7.80 | 111.852 |
| 10-14 | 3,798,655 | 3,409,990 | 7,208,645 | 7.34 | 111.398 |
| 15-19 | 3,401,606 | 3,153,408 | 6,555,014 | 6.68 | 107.871 |
| 20-24 | 3,378,274 | 3,200,417 | 6,578,691 | 6.70 | 105.557 |
| 25-29 | 4,222,425 | 4,066,706 | 8,289,131 | 8.44 | 103.829 |
| 30-34 | 4,324,142 | 4,198,637 | 8,522,779 | 8.68 | 102.989 |
| 35-39 | 3,984,906 | 3,910,003 | 7,894,909 | 8.04 | 101.916 |
| 40-44 | 3,579,451 | 3,561,307 | 7,140,758 | 7.27 | 100.509 |
| 45-49 | 3,302,655 | 3,317,040 | 6,619,695 | 6.74 | 99.566 |
| 50-54 | 2,950,747 | 3,007,420 | 5,958,167 | 6.07 | 98.116 |
| 55-59 | 2,575,597 | 2,749,489 | 5,325,086 | 5.42 | 93.675 |
| 60-64 | 2,086,556 | 2,394,561 | 4,481,117 | 4.56 | 87.137 |
| 65-69 | 1,438,582 | 1,786,265 | 3,224,847 | 3.29 | 80.536 |
| 70-74 | 738,251 | 1,070,819 | 1,809,070 | 1.84 | 68.943 |
| 75-79 | 428,065 | 712,442 | 1,140,507 | 1.16 | 60.084 |
| 80-84 | 295,727 | 553,906 | 849,633 | 0.87 | 53.389 |
| 85-89 | 194,593 | 415,806 | 610,399 | 0.62 | 46.799 |
| 90-94 | 86,622 | 210,116 | 296,738 | 0.30 | 41.226 |
| 95-99 | 27,071 | 75,571 | 102,642 | 0.10 | 35.822 |
| 100+ | 6,135 | 18,957 | 25,092 | 0.03 | 32.363 |
| Total | 49,017,994 | 49,150,835 | 98,168,829 | 99.730 | |