Data · Population & urbanization
Population growth (annual %): Vietnam, 1961–2025
- Latest (2025)
- 0.60 %
- Source
- World Bank
- Code
- SP.POP.GROW
- Frequency
- Yearly
Definition
Annual population growth rate for year t is the exponential rate of growth of midyear population from year t-1 to t, expressed as a percentage. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.
What the series shows
The series runs from 1961 to 2025 (65 years of data). It moved from 2.66 to 0.60 %, a change of -77.3%. The highest value was 2.76 in 1963 and the lowest 0.60 in 2025. The comparison below sets Vietnam against 9 neighbouring economies on the latest available year.
Using it in a thesis
Indicators like this one are typical control or explanatory variables in macro and finance theses: merge the CSV with your other series on the year column, check for missing years before running a regression, and log-transform level variables that grow over time. If you use the series in a panel with other countries, take every country from the same source and vintage so the definitions match. Cite the original publisher, not this site, as shown below.
Values by year
| Year | Value (%) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0.60 |
| 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 |
| 2013 | 1.18 |
| 2012 | 1.17 |
| 2011 | 1.15 |
| 2010 | 1.14 |
| 2009 | 1.50 |
| 2008 | 1.83 |
| 2007 | 1.77 |
| 2006 | 1.32 |
| 2005 | 0.93 |
| 2004 | 0.97 |
| 2003 | 1.00 |
| 2002 | 1.02 |
| 2001 | 1.05 |
| 2000 | 1.13 |
| 1999 | 1.30 |
| 1998 | 1.43 |
| 1997 | 1.45 |
| 1996 | 1.52 |
| 1995 | 1.67 |
| 1994 | 1.81 |
| 1993 | 1.92 |
| 1992 | 2.03 |
| 1991 | 2.10 |
| 1990 | 2.09 |
| 1989 | 2.05 |
| 1988 | 2.02 |
| 1987 | 2.03 |
| 1986 | 2.15 |
| 1985 | 2.32 |
| 1984 | 2.40 |
| 1983 | 2.38 |
| 1982 | 2.34 |
| 1981 | 2.35 |
| 1980 | 2.14 |
| 1979 | 2.22 |
| 1978 | 2.61 |
| 1977 | 2.63 |
| 1976 | 2.55 |
| 1975 | 2.33 |
| 1974 | 2.23 |
| 1973 | 2.23 |
| 1972 | 2.28 |
| 1971 | 2.32 |
| 1970 | 2.18 |
| 1969 | 2.11 |
| 1968 | 2.14 |
| 1967 | 2.26 |
| 1966 | 2.38 |
| 1965 | 2.53 |
| 1964 | 2.67 |
| 1963 | 2.76 |
| 1962 | 2.60 |
| 1961 | 2.66 |
Comparison with other countries
| Country | Latest year | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Vietnam | 2025 | 0.60 |
| Thailand | 2025 | -0.07 |
| Indonesia | 2025 | 0.78 |
| Malaysia | 2025 | 1.17 |
| Philippines | 2025 | 0.81 |
| Singapore | 2025 | 1.22 |
| Cambodia | 2025 | 1.18 |
| Laos | 2025 | 1.32 |
| Myanmar | 2025 | 0.64 |
| China | 2025 | -0.17 |
How to cite (APA 7)
World Bank. (2026). Population growth (annual %), Vietnam [Data set]. World Development Indicators. https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.GROW?locations=VN
Licence: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). Retrieved 2026-11-02. The CSV has one row per period
with the variable name sp_pop_grow, ready for Stata, R or SPSS.