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Viet Nam — Population growth
Population Growth (Annual %) for Viet Nam, 1961–2025.
Latest value · 2025
0.60%
Population Growth (Annual %) · annual % · -77.3% since 1961
Population growth for Viet Nam was 0.60% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 65 years, from 1961 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 2.76% in 1963. Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -2.29% per year.
Viet Nam ranks 129 of 217 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 59%. The median for East Asia & Pacific is 0.64%, so Viet Nam sits below it. It peaked in 1963 and has fallen 78% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 51%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
0.60%
First (1961)
2.66%
Change
-77.3%
Highest
2.76%
in 1963
Lowest
0.60%
in 2025
Average
1.75%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-2.29%
Years of data
65
Recent years
| Year | annual % |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0.6% |
| 2024 | 0.63% |
| 2023 | 0.67% |
| 2022 | 0.75% |
| 2021 | 0.87% |
| 2020 | 0.93% |
| 2019 | 0.97% |
| 2018 | 1.11% |
| 2017 | 1.24% |
| 2016 | 1.26% |
| 2015 | 1.24% |
| 2014 | 1.21% |
Reading this correctly. Annual population growth rate. A negative value means the population shrank, usually through emigration or low birth rates. Figures are in annual %. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SP.POP.GROW — Population Growth (Annual %). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.