---
title: "United Kingdom vs Vietnam — area, population, currency"
description: "United Kingdom is 243,610 km² with 69,487,000 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/united-kingdom-vs-vietnam/
site: "At One Place"
---

# United Kingdom vs Vietnam

**United Kingdom vs Vietnam: Vietnam is larger; Vietnam has more people**

243,610 km² vs 331,210 km² · 69,487,000 vs 101,598,527

Vietnam is 1.4 times larger than United Kingdom — 331,210 against 243,610 km². Vietnam is 1.5 times more populous than United Kingdom — 101,598,527 against 69,487,000 people.

## Side by side

|  | United Kingdom | Vietnam |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capital | London | Hanoi |
| Area | 243,610 km² | 331,210 km² |
| Population | 69,487,000 (2025) | 101,598,527 (2025) |
| Density | 285.2 /km² | 306.7 /km² |
| Currency | British pound (GBP) | Vietnamese đồng (VND) |
| Official languages | English | Vietnamese |
| Time zones | UTC+00:00 | UTC+07:00 |
| Calling code | +44 | +84 |
| Drives on the | left | right |
| Continent | Europe | Asia |
| ISO codes | GB / GBR | VN / VNM |

## Population density

Vietnam is slightly more densely populated, by 7.5% — 307 against 285 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

- They drive on opposite sides — United Kingdom on the left, Vietnam on the right.
- Different currencies: the British pound and the Vietnamese đồng.
- Different continents — Europe and Asia.

## United Kingdom

Made up of Great Britain, the north-east of Ireland and around 6,000 smaller islands. No point in the UK is more than about 113 km from the sea. Ben Nevis, the highest point, is 1,345 m, which is modest — but the country has around 31,000 km of coastline once every inlet is counted.

## 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 United Kingdom bigger than Vietnam?

Vietnam is larger — 331,210 km² against 243,610 km².

### Which has more people, United Kingdom or Vietnam?

Vietnam, with 101,598,527 against 69,487,000.

### What is the time difference between United Kingdom and Vietnam?

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

## Related pages

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- [Vietnam](https://atoneplace.net/country/vietnam/)
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## 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]