---
title: "Canada vs Vietnam — area, population, currency"
description: "Canada is 9,984,670 km² with 41,651,653 people; Vietnam is 331,210 km² with 101,598,527. Area, density, currency, languages and time zones side by side."
url: https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/canada-vs-vietnam/
site: "At One Place"
---

# Canada vs Vietnam

**Canada vs Vietnam: Canada is larger; Vietnam has more people**

9,984,670 km² vs 331,210 km² · 41,651,653 vs 101,598,527

Canada is 30 times larger than Vietnam — 9,984,670 against 331,210 km². Vietnam is 2.4 times more populous than Canada — 101,598,527 against 41,651,653 people.

## Side by side

|  | Canada | Vietnam |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capital | Ottawa | Hanoi |
| Area | 9,984,670 km² | 331,210 km² |
| Population | 41,651,653 (2025) | 101,598,527 (2025) |
| Density | 4.2 /km² | 306.7 /km² |
| Currency | Canadian dollar (CAD) | Vietnamese đồng (VND) |
| Official languages | English, French | Vietnamese |
| Time zones | UTC-08:00, UTC-07:00, UTC-06:00, UTC-05:00, UTC-04:00, UTC-03:30 | UTC+07:00 |
| Calling code | +1 | +84 |
| Drives on the | right | right |
| Continent | North America | Asia |
| ISO codes | CA / CAN | VN / VNM |

## Population density

Vietnam is 74 times more densely populated than Canada — 307 against 4 people per km². Density is where area and population interact, and it often reverses the impression the headline figures give — a large country with a small population can feel emptier than a small crowded one by an enormous margin.

## Practical differences

- Different currencies: the Canadian dollar and the Vietnamese đồng.
- Canada spans 6 time zones, so "local time" there is not a single answer.
- Different continents — North America and Asia.

## Canada

The second-largest country in the world by total area, and the longest coastline of any — about 202,000 km, more than the rest of the world put together. Canada holds more lake area than every other country combined, and something over two million lakes. Its border with the United States is the longest between any two countries at 8,891 km.

## Vietnam

Long and narrow: about 1,650 km from north to south and under 50 km wide at the waist. Hang Sơn Đoòng in Phong Nha is the largest known cave passage in the world, big enough to hold a New York block of 40-storey buildings, with its own river, jungle and clouds. Hạ Long Bay holds roughly 1,600 limestone karst islands.

> Neutral facts only. Nothing here addresses politics, government, economics or which country is preferable in any respect — population is the one figure that dates, and it carries its year.

## Common questions

### Is Canada bigger than Vietnam?

Canada is larger — 9,984,670 km² against 331,210 km².

### Which has more people, Canada or Vietnam?

Vietnam, with 101,598,527 against 41,651,653.

### What is the time difference between Canada and Vietnam?

Canada is UTC-08:00, UTC-07:00, UTC-06:00, UTC-05:00, UTC-04:00, UTC-03:30 and Vietnam is UTC+07:00. Daylight saving shifts the gap during the year in places that observe it.

## Related pages

- [Canada](https://atoneplace.net/country/canada/)
- [Vietnam](https://atoneplace.net/country/vietnam/)
- [United States vs Vietnam](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/united-states-vs-vietnam/)
- [India vs Vietnam](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/india-vs-vietnam/)
- [China vs Vietnam](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/china-vs-vietnam/)
- [United Kingdom vs Vietnam](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/united-kingdom-vs-vietnam/)
- [Japan vs Vietnam](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/japan-vs-vietnam/)
- [Canada vs United States](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/canada-vs-united-states/)
- [Canada vs India](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/canada-vs-india/)
- [Canada vs China](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/canada-vs-china/)
- [Canada vs United Kingdom](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/canada-vs-united-kingdom/)
- [Canada vs Japan](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/canada-vs-japan/)
- [Canada vs New Zealand](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/canada-vs-new-zealand/)
- [Canada vs France](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/canada-vs-france/)

## Sources

- The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency (https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/) [Public domain (US Government)]
- World Bank Open Data — The World Bank (https://data.worldbank.org/) [CC BY 4.0]