Actually, of the 266 geographical entities in the world, Vietnam ranks 72nd in size, being larger than Poland , Italy, and the Philippines (75th, 76th and 77th respectively) and way larger than the entire United Kingdom (The UK includes England, Scotland and Northern Ireland and ranks 84th). Source: http://www.nationmaster.com/graph-T/geo_are_tot
In population, Vietnam ranks 13th out of 267, larger than Germany (14th), France (21st), the UK (22nd), and Italy (23rd). With 83.5 million people, Vietnam is not only larger than the Republic of Korea (24th at 48.6 million) and North Korea (ranks 27th at 22.9 million) but also ahead of both of them combined (at 71.5 million, a unified Korea will still be well below Vietnam). Source: http://www.nationmaster.com/graph-T/peo_pop
Then why is Vietnam often referred to as a small country even by people of Vietnamese origin inside and outside of Vietnam? A misunderstanding? Ignorance of facts? Prejudice? Always comparing to China or the US?
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