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title: "France vs Vietnam — area, population, currency"
description: "France is 643,801 km² with 68,720,337 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/france-vs-vietnam/
site: "At One Place"
---

# France vs Vietnam

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

643,801 km² vs 331,210 km² · 68,720,337 vs 101,598,527

France is 1.9 times larger than Vietnam — 643,801 against 331,210 km². Vietnam is 1.5 times more populous than France — 101,598,527 against 68,720,337 people.

## Side by side

|  | France | Vietnam |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capital | Paris | Hanoi |
| Area | 643,801 km² | 331,210 km² |
| Population | 68,720,337 (2025) | 101,598,527 (2025) |
| Density | 106.7 /km² | 306.7 /km² |
| Currency | Euro (EUR) | Vietnamese đồng (VND) |
| Official languages | French | Vietnamese |
| Time zones | UTC+01:00 | UTC+07:00 |
| Calling code | +33 | +84 |
| Drives on the | right | right |
| Continent | Europe | Asia |
| ISO codes | FR / FRA | VN / VNM |

## Population density

Vietnam is 2.9 times more densely populated than France — 307 against 107 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 Euro and the Vietnamese đồng.
- Different continents — Europe and Asia.

## France

Mont Blanc on the Italian border is 4,806 m, the highest point in western Europe. Counting its overseas departments, France spans twelve time zones — more than any other country — and its exclusive economic zone is the second largest in the world. The Gouffre Mirolda and other Alpine systems make it one of the great caving countries.

## 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 France bigger than Vietnam?

France is larger — 643,801 km² against 331,210 km².

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

Vietnam, with 101,598,527 against 68,720,337.

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

France is UTC+01:00 and Vietnam is UTC+07:00. Daylight saving shifts the gap during the year in places that observe it.

## Related pages

- [France](https://atoneplace.net/country/france/)
- [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 France](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/china-vs-france/)
- [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 France](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/canada-vs-france/)
- [Canada vs Vietnam](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/canada-vs-vietnam/)
- [Australia vs France](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/australia-vs-france/)
- [Australia vs Vietnam](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/australia-vs-vietnam/)
- [New Zealand vs Vietnam](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/new-zealand-vs-vietnam/)
- [France vs United States](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/france-vs-united-states/)

## 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]