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Vinh Long, 
Vietnam
287,685 people lived in Vinh Long in 2025. It is the 2027th largest of the world's 12,138 cities, and the 18th largest in Vietnam.
That figure counts the whole built-up area, not the area Vinh Long governs, so it may be far from the number the city publishes about itself. How the UN measures a city.
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People · every five years · 1975 to 2050
How Vinh Long grew
Where Vinh Long had 10 people in 1975, it had 38.4 in 2025.
On the UN's projection it will have 306,283 people in 2050. It passed 250,000 people between 2005 and 2010.
projected (after 2025) · how sure the UN is: high moderate low
How to read this: each column is one of the UN's five-yearly estimates, 1975 through 2050, and taller means more people. Where a column is hatched the year has not happened yet. The strip under the columns is the UN's own confidence in each figure, palest where it is least sure; where it is blank the city was not on the list at all.
People · your family's years · 1975 to 2050
Vinh Long through your family’s years
Put in the years your family were born. You’ll see how many people lived in Vinh Long in each of those years, and when each of them turned 30.
Vietnam · every city · 2025
Where it is
How to read this: Vinh Long is the dot in colour with a ring around it. The grey dots are the other cities of Vietnam in 2025, 137 in all, led by Ho Chi Minh City, each drawn with an area that matches its people. Countries next door are outlines only.
Area and built-up land · km²
How much land it covers
In 2025, Vinh Long covered 97 km², and buildings, roads and other built-up land covered 16 km² of it. That is 54 m² of built-up land for each person, about a square 7 by 7 metres. Since 1985, its built-up land has grown to 13 times its size, and its people are 2.5 times as many.
How to read this: each pale square is the city's whole area, the strong square inside it the part that is built on; one scale for all three, so a bigger square is more land. Hatched is the UN's projection.
Of every 100 people in Vietnam
Its share of Vietnam
Of every 1,000 people in Vietnam in 2025, 3 lived in Vinh Long, which is 287,685 people.
How to read this: 1,000 squares stand for everyone in Vietnam, one square for every 1,000th person. Count the coloured ones and you have Vinh Long's share; the grey remainder live somewhere else in the country.
Ranked by people · 2025
Cities of a similar size
In the world, 2025
- 2020 Bratislava Slovakia288,533
- 2021 Bhiwani India288,360
- 2025 Timergara Pakistan287,866
- 2026 Manta Ecuador287,756
- 2027 Vinh Long287,685
- 2028 Kunduz Afghanistan287,295
- 2029 Maseru Lesotho286,843
- 2030 Sucre Bolivia286,383
- 2032 Ashdod Israel286,310
In Vietnam, 2025
- 1776 Hải Dương323,442
- 1792 Quảng Ngãi320,907
- 1814 Buôn Ma Thuột316,052
- 1944 Quy Nhơn297,184
- 2027 Vinh Long287,685
- 2244 Long Thành260,047
- 2368 Phan Thiết246,665
- 2438 Phan Rang – Tháp Chàm240,480
- 2450 Đà Lạt239,212
How to read this: names are in order of size, the leading number being each city's rank among all 12,138 in 2025; the bars share a scale within a list. A jump in the ranks means a city under 300,000 people, which is not given a page here.
Apparatus
Sources and method
The figures for Vinh Long are the UN's own, at five-year steps: an estimate for each of 1975 to 2025, then projection to 2050. Projected years are drawn hatched, and the UN publishes no range of uncertainty for a city. What a city means here, how the UN measures one, and why that number can differ from the one Vinh Long publishes about itself: how the figures here are put together.
Sources: UN WUP 2025 · Natural Earth · flag-icons. Every source, its licence and how to cite it →
Verified 2026-09-30 · 73 canaries