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Hong Kong | Vietnam |
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This country comparison is a concise, tabular overview of numerous data from our respective country pages for Hong Kong and Vietnam. There, we provide many explanations and details per country that go far beyond this comparison. On this page:General informationPopulationQuality of lifeEconomyInfrastructureEnergy balanceTelecommunicationClimateLanguagesReligions
General information
| Hong Kong | Vietnam |
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| Region: | East Asia | Southeast Asia |
| Area: | 1,110 km² | 331,230 km² |
| Official language: | Chinese, English | Vietnamese |
| Government form: | Presidential limited democracy (special administrative region of China) | Republic (communist one-party system) |
| Capital: | Hong Kong | Hanoi |
Population
Details for Hong Kong and Vietnam
| Hong Kong | Vietnam |
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| Population: | 7,524,000 | 100,988,000 |
| Inhabitants/km²: | 6,778.5 | 304.9 |
| Urbanization: | 100.0 % | 38.5 % |
| Life expectancy males: | Ø 83 years | Ø 70 years |
| Life expectancy females: | Ø 88 years | Ø 79 years |
| Average age: | Ø 47.2 years | Ø 33.1 years |
| Birth rate: | 4.40 ‰ | 13.83 ‰ |
| Death rate: | 7.30 ‰ | 6.58 ‰ |
| Migrationrate: | -2.56 ‰ | -0.59 ‰ |
Quality of life
Values from 0 (bad) to 100 (very good)See also: Explanations and country ranking on quality of life
| Hong Kong | Vietnam |
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| Political stability: | 88 | 71 |
| Civil rights: | 80 | 35 |
| Health: | 100 | 51 |
| Climate: | 65 | 54 |
| Cost of Living: | 58 | 60 |
| Popularity: | 51 | 64 |
Economy
Details for Hong Kong and Vietnam
| Hong Kong | Vietnam |
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| Currency: | Hong Kong dollar(1 HKD = 100 Cents) | Vietnamese dong(1 VND =10 Hào = 100 Xu) |
| Unemployment rate: | 2.8 % | 1.4 % |
| Inflation rate: | 1.70 % | 4.10 % |
| Cost of Living:(USA = 100%) | 74.84 % | 28.67 % |
| Commercial taxes and contributions: | 16.50 % | 20.00 % |
| Average income: | 57,070 US$ | 4,490 US$ |
| Central government debt (% of GDP): | 17.43 % | 38.69 % |
| General government debt (% of GDP): | 9.25 % | 31.27 % |
| Corruption index: | 26 (good) | 60 (bad) |
| HKG:total | per 1000inh. | VNM:total | per 1000inh. |
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| Gross domestic product: | 406,863 M US$ | 54.07 M US$ | 476,388 M US$ | 4.72 M US$ |
| Gross national product: | 429,434 M US$ | 57.07 M US$ | 453,512 M US$ | 4.49 M US$ |
| Exported goods: | 739,726 M US$ | 98.31 M US$ | 429,383 M US$ | 4.25 M US$ |
| Imported goods: | 723,136 M US$ | 96.11 M US$ | 398,672 M US$ | 3.95 M US$ |
Infrastructure
Details for Hong Kong and Vietnam
| HKG:total | per 1000km² | VNM:total | per 1000km² |
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| Roadways: | 14,874 km | 13,400.0 km | 1,208,396 km | 3,648.2 km |
| Railways: | 268 km | 241.4 km | 2,600 km | 7.8 km |
| Passenger airports: | 1 | 0.901 | 25 | 0.075 |
Energy balance
Details for Hong Kong and Vietnam
| HKG:total | per 1000inh. | VNM:total | per 1000inh. |
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| Production capacity: | 116,508.0 GWh | 15,484.64 MWh | 750,951.0 GWh | 7,436.07 MWh |
| Energy consumption: | 45,540.0 GWh | 6,052.55 MWh | 277,501.0 GWh | 2,747.87 MWh |
| Energy production: | 37,631.0 GWh | 5,001.40 MWh | 293,525.2 GWh | 2,906.54 MWh |
| Energy imports: | 11,593.0 GWh | 1,540.78 MWh | 3,106.0 GWh | 30.76 MWh |
| CO2 emissions: | 40.31 m t | 5,357.06 t | 584.26 m t | 5,785.43 t |
Telecommunication
Details for Hong Kong and Vietnam
| Hong Kong | Vietnam |
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| International dialing: | +852 | +84 |
| Internet domain: | .hk | .vn |
| 4G network coverage: | 99.0 % | 99.9 % |
| 5G network coverage: | 99.0 % | 25.5 % |
| HKGtotal | HKGper 1000inh. | VNMtotal | VNMper 1000inh. |
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| Landlines: | 3,305,180 | 439 | 2,644,020 | 26 |
| Mobile cellulars: | 27,053,200 | 3596 | 128,867,000 | 1276 |
| Internet users: | 3,018,135 | 401 | 84,981,138 | 842 |
| Broadband Internet: | 2,986,160 | 397 | 23,945,500 | 237 |
Climate
We also provide a more detailed climate comparison of both countries.The data for each country can be found here: Hong Kong and Vietnam
| Hong Kong | Vietnam |
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| Daytime temperatures: | 26.3 °C | 29.5 °C |
| Nighttime temperatures: | 21.2 °C | 22.3 °C |
| Water temperature: | 23.9 °C | 26.8 °C |
| Rain days: | 9.1 | 9.2 |
| Sunshine hours per day: | 5.1 | 5.3 |
Maximum daily temperatures in comparison Vietnam Hong Kong
Native languages
| Hong Kong | Vietnam |
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| Chinese: | 95.8 % | 1.4 % |
| Vietnamese: | n/a | 86.8 % |
| English: | 3.5 % | n/a |
| Tho: | n/a | 1.8 % |
| Thai: | n/a | 1.6 % |
| Muong: | n/a | 1.5 % |
| Khmer: | n/a | 1.4 % |
| Nung: | n/a | 1.1 % |
| Man: | n/a | 0.7 % |
| other: | 0.7 % | 3.7 % |
Religions
| Hong Kong | Vietnam |
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| Nondenominational: | n/a | 70.0 % |
| Local chinese beliefs: | 49.0 % | n/a |
| Buddhism: | 21.3 % | 12.2 % |
| Taoism: | 14.2 % | n/a |
| Christianity: | 11.8 % | 8.3 % |
| Caodaism: | n/a | 4.8 % |
| Islam: | 3.1 % | 0.1 % |
| Hoahaoism: | n/a | 2.0 % |
| Hinduism: | 0.5 % | n/a |
| Sikhism: | 0.1 % | n/a |
| other: | 0.0 % | 2.6 % |
Data inventory and updates
A country comparison like this can be based on several hundred individual data items from dozens of different sources. All data are based on the most recent data available to us. Most of them refer to the previous year and are updated around March of the following year. If a country has not yet published data for the most recent or penultimate year, we present the most recent official data. Updates are made on an ongoing basis depending on the subject area or source, so there is no single "cutoff date" for this comparison. Sources for almost all data can be found on our respective country pages.✕
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