Country or area · South-Eastern Asia · Asia · UN WPP 2024

Vietnam population

UN name: Viet Nam

Vietnam population now

102,314,970

A projection read at this second, not a count: the UN's totals for 1 January 2026 and 2027, joined by a straight line. 95% range for 31 December 2026: 101.3–103.6 million.

Mid-2023, UN estimate: 100,352,192

Year: 2026; projection · medium
Population, mid-2026: 102.177 million; 95% range, 31 Dec: 101.3–103.6 million
Median age: 34.9
Aged 65+: 9.9%

Move through time, 1950–2100

2023 | 2024 peak 2049

male female projection · one cell = 20,000 people

How to read this: one row for each age, newborns at the bottom; men on the left, women on the right.

Verified 2026-09-30 · 73 canaries

VNM · 1950–2100 · in brief

Vietnam in numbers

Vietnam had 100,352,192 people in mid-2023, the 16th-largest population of the 236 countries and areas the UN reports, and 1.2% of the world's people. That is 4.0 times its 1950 population of 25.1 million.

The UN's medium projection has it peaking in 2049 at 110 million, then falling to 91.7 million by 2100. The projection is uncertain: on 1 January 2100 the UN's 95% range runs from 55.6 million to 138 million.

In the medium projection, deaths outnumber births every year from 2051 on.

The median age was 24.1 in 1950 and 33.4 in 2023; the projection has 50.3 in 2100. 8.6% of people were 65 or older in 2023, against 31.4% projected for 2100. The working-age population (15–64) is projected to peak in 2037 at 72.4 million.

Among countries it ranks 16th in 2023, 16th in 2050 and 26th in 2100. In the medium projection it overtakes Japan in 2044. It is overtaken by Tanzania in 2043, Kenya in 2080 and South Africa in 2097.

Population, mid-2023: 100,352,192
Rank by population, 2023: 16 of 236
Share of the world, 2023: 1.2%
Change in a year, mid-2022 to mid-2023: +0.67% · +671,537 people
People per km² of land, 2023: 320
Land area, 2023: 313,429 km²
Births, 2023: 1,387,961
Deaths, 2023: 659,980
Net migration, 2023: −81,789
Children per woman, 2023: 1.91
Median age, 2023: 33.4 years
Life expectancy at birth, 2023: 74.6 years
In a city, 2025: 40 of every 100
Population, mid-1950: 25,100,738
Projected, mid-2050: 110,008,908
Projected, mid-2100: 91,705,108

VNM · 1950–2100 · total population

Population, 1950–2100

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estimate projection, up to the bottom of the 95% range 95% range medium projection. One column is one year's population, read on 1 January; the paper rules divide it into equal cells.

Show the numbers: Vietnam, 1950–2100

Vietnam: population on 1 January, births, deaths, fertility and life expectancy, 1950–2100
Year	Kind	Population, 1 Jan	95% range	Births	Deaths	Children per woman	Life expectancy
1950	estimate	24,831,630		973,300	435,080	5.15	48.0
1951	estimate	25,369,846		892,149	431,300	4.65	48.7
1952	estimate	25,830,691		1,064,377	437,925	5.47	49.4
1953	estimate	26,457,144		1,042,552	440,918	5.27	50.0
1954	estimate	27,058,785		1,163,636	425,390	5.80	52.0
1955	estimate	27,797,032		1,127,628	388,806	5.54	54.8
1956	estimate	28,535,859		1,161,168	388,249	5.62	55.5
1957	estimate	29,308,760		1,285,702	394,373	6.14	56.2
1958	estimate	30,200,095		1,313,884	397,180	6.21	56.8
1959	estimate	31,116,798		1,335,851	398,355	6.25	57.4
1960	estimate	32,054,296		1,352,973	397,696	6.27	58.0
1961	estimate	33,009,570		1,190,671	391,697	5.48	58.5
1962	estimate	33,808,548		1,370,575	410,550	6.26	58.2
1963	estimate	34,768,571		1,408,264	447,217	6.38	56.9
1964	estimate	35,729,631		1,395,964	445,766	6.29	57.5
1965	estimate	36,673,496		1,377,038	463,278	6.16	57.0
1966	estimate	37,585,817		1,347,648	471,374	5.97	56.9
1967	estimate	38,463,855		1,344,790	482,729	5.88	56.7
1968	estimate	39,326,306		1,399,474	584,363	6.03	52.7
1969	estimate	40,142,912		1,423,504	545,136	6.01	54.8
1970	estimate	41,021,281		1,459,384	553,488	6.02	54.9
1971	estimate	41,929,178		1,514,527	551,291	6.07	55.6
1972	estimate	42,969,373		1,579,568	658,055	6.10	51.9
1973	estimate	43,888,964		1,638,342	576,615	6.11	55.7
1974	estimate	44,930,757		1,611,471	610,967	5.78	54.8
1975	estimate	45,896,318		1,630,898	455,718	5.62	61.9
1976	estimate	47,069,488		1,661,934	429,319	5.46	63.7
1977	estimate	48,300,373		1,691,799	432,453	5.29	64.1
1978	estimate	49,609,372		1,721,176	434,224	5.10	64.5
1979	estimate	50,889,733		1,750,046	435,492	4.94	65.0
1980	estimate	51,866,688		1,758,376	436,760	4.79	65.3
1981	estimate	53,113,515		1,796,366	437,853	4.67	65.8
1982	estimate	54,362,766		1,847,487	439,542	4.59	66.2
1983	estimate	55,659,812		1,897,481	443,555	4.52	66.5
1984	estimate	57,016,030		1,922,680	445,264	4.41	66.9
1985	estimate	58,396,103		1,901,443	447,505	4.21	67.2
1986	estimate	59,725,140		1,853,705	445,704	3.96	67.5
1987	estimate	60,968,956		1,800,131	440,646	3.72	68.0
1988	estimate	62,200,346		1,804,440	434,310	3.62	68.6
1989	estimate	63,486,109		1,862,880	439,292	3.64	68.8
1990	estimate	64,808,586		1,892,842	443,695	3.60	69.0
1991	estimate	66,200,519		1,905,689	446,345	3.52	69.3
1992	estimate	67,583,031		1,866,343	446,435	3.35	69.6
1993	estimate	68,937,644		1,815,791	445,388	3.17	70.0
1994	estimate	70,235,124		1,732,551	440,998	2.94	70.4
1995	estimate	71,473,658		1,637,513	433,805	2.70	70.9
1996	estimate	72,626,222		1,537,178	428,500	2.47	71.3
1997	estimate	73,686,671		1,452,809	424,745	2.27	71.7
1998	estimate	74,767,106		1,374,488	415,481	2.10	72.3
1999	estimate	75,832,215		1,341,952	416,456	2.00	72.6
2000	estimate	76,742,689		1,390,170	423,243	2.03	72.8
2001	estimate	77,565,332		1,413,038	427,393	2.02	73.0
2002	estimate	78,373,390		1,425,422	433,990	2.01	73.1
2003	estimate	79,171,058		1,444,171	442,654	2.00	73.2
2004	estimate	79,956,496		1,445,763	460,367	1.97	73.1
2005	estimate	80,721,447		1,408,413	466,343	1.89	73.2
2006	estimate	81,455,179		1,417,335	474,297	1.87	73.3
2007	estimate	82,880,614		1,466,698	484,952	1.91	73.4
2008	estimate	84,386,137		1,504,570	496,395	1.93	73.5
2009	estimate	85,965,438		1,515,454	507,732	1.92	73.5
2010	estimate	86,954,597		1,522,480	516,931	1.91	73.6
2011	estimate	87,955,706		1,555,971	526,146	1.93	73.7
2012	estimate	88,980,922		1,601,508	537,795	1.97	73.8
2013	estimate	90,039,789		1,620,204	548,595	1.98	73.8
2014	estimate	91,106,419		1,711,735	560,517	2.09	73.9
2015	estimate	92,252,737		1,717,064	571,142	2.10	74.0
2016	estimate	93,393,771		1,627,396	582,358	2.00	74.0
2017	estimate	94,606,462		1,595,530	593,746	1.99	74.0
2018	estimate	95,747,492		1,485,701	602,701	1.88	74.1
2019	estimate	96,727,147		1,507,477	612,164	1.94	74.2
2020	estimate	97,620,404		1,494,146	570,112	1.96	75.4
2021	estimate	98,537,978		1,457,843	658,187	1.94	74.1
2022	estimate	99,332,219		1,422,615	646,765	1.93	74.5
2023	estimate	100,029,091		1,387,961	659,980	1.91	74.6
2024	estimate	100,675,292		1,355,563	671,121	1.90	74.7
2025	projection	101,300,081	100.9–101.7 million	1,328,422	683,371	1.88	74.9
2026	projection	101,896,973	101.1–102.7 million	1,307,471	695,501	1.86	75.0
2027	projection	102,457,889	101.3–103.6 million	1,290,702	708,786	1.85	75.2
2028	projection	102,996,902	101.4–104.6 million	1,280,143	723,471	1.84	75.4
2029	projection	103,514,586	101.5–105.5 million	1,275,327	739,122	1.83	75.5
2030	projection	104,007,727	101.6–106.4 million	1,275,653	755,553	1.82	75.7
2031	projection	104,502,078	101.7–107.2 million	1,277,512	772,519	1.81	75.8
2032	projection	104,973,744	101.7–108.1 million	1,282,500	790,561	1.80	76.0
2033	projection	105,435,056	101.8–108.9 million	1,290,081	809,145	1.79	76.2
2034	projection	105,877,564	101.7–109.7 million	1,298,215	828,909	1.79	76.3
2035	projection	106,317,477	101.7–110.4 million	1,305,800	849,507	1.78	76.5
2036	projection	106,743,875	101.5–111.2 million	1,311,852	869,718	1.78	76.7
2037	projection	107,147,808	101.7–112.1 million	1,317,454	890,618	1.78	76.8
2038	projection	107,544,275	101.6–112.9 million	1,317,451	911,200	1.77	77.0
2039	projection	107,919,767	101.5–113.8 million	1,316,695	931,750	1.77	77.1
2040	projection	108,275,546	101.4–114.7 million	1,312,471	952,236	1.77	77.3
2041	projection	108,599,723	101.2–115.4 million	1,306,406	973,310	1.77	77.5
2042	projection	108,904,675	101.0–116.1 million	1,294,986	994,327	1.77	77.6
2043	projection	109,175,946	101.1–116.9 million	1,279,538	1,014,681	1.76	77.8
2044	projection	109,409,176	100.9–117.6 million	1,263,420	1,034,611	1.76	77.9
2045	projection	109,603,352	100.8–118.2 million	1,245,297	1,053,807	1.76	78.1
2046	projection	109,767,445	100.6–118.7 million	1,226,847	1,072,776	1.76	78.3
2047	projection	109,887,872	100.1–119.3 million	1,206,660	1,089,919	1.75	78.4
2048	projection	109,972,606	99.8–119.9 million	1,186,548	1,106,311	1.75	78.6
2049	projection	110,015,443	99.4–120.4 million	1,165,748	1,122,440	1.75	78.8
2050	projection	110,020,595	98.8–121.0 million	1,147,075	1,138,054	1.75	78.9
2051	projection	109,997,220	98.1–121.3 million	1,127,646	1,152,818	1.74	79.1
2052	projection	109,929,158	97.6–121.8 million	1,109,477	1,167,206	1.74	79.2
2053	projection	109,833,058	97.0–122.1 million	1,092,747	1,180,892	1.74	79.4
2054	projection	109,712,510	96.4–122.5 million	1,076,419	1,192,769	1.74	79.6
2055	projection	109,563,855	95.9–123.0 million	1,064,848	1,205,434	1.73	79.7
2056	projection	109,392,908	95.1–122.9 million	1,056,666	1,216,898	1.74	79.9
2057	projection	109,208,055	94.5–123.4 million	1,048,250	1,228,077	1.73	80.0
2058	projection	108,999,173	94.0–123.7 million	1,042,387	1,239,486	1.73	80.2
2059	projection	108,766,889	93.3–123.9 million	1,038,743	1,249,630	1.73	80.3
2060	projection	108,522,322	92.4–124.1 million	1,034,841	1,260,494	1.73	80.5
2061	projection	108,271,632	91.5–124.3 million	1,031,385	1,270,677	1.73	80.6
2062	projection	108,004,514	90.7–124.6 million	1,027,827	1,280,013	1.72	80.8
2063	projection	107,721,098	89.9–124.9 million	1,025,264	1,289,934	1.72	81.0
2064	projection	107,427,762	88.9–125.1 million	1,023,602	1,299,129	1.72	81.1
2065	projection	107,127,062	88.0–125.4 million	1,020,852	1,308,210	1.72	81.3
2066	projection	106,812,280	87.1–125.7 million	1,018,604	1,317,590	1.72	81.4
2067	projection	106,480,916	86.1–125.9 million	1,014,216	1,326,394	1.72	81.5
2068	projection	106,141,669	85.1–126.1 million	1,010,492	1,333,922	1.72	81.7
2069	projection	105,798,496	84.4–126.3 million	1,005,983	1,341,201	1.72	81.8
2070	projection	105,446,483	83.5–126.7 million	1,000,372	1,347,956	1.72	82.0
2071	projection	105,075,209	82.7–127.1 million	994,099	1,352,241	1.72	82.1
2072	projection	104,697,219	82.1–127.3 million	986,284	1,356,594	1.72	82.3
2073	projection	104,299,667	81.4–127.7 million	977,358	1,359,115	1.72	82.4
2074	projection	103,891,733	80.4–128.0 million	969,043	1,360,816	1.72	82.6
2075	projection	103,478,314	79.6–128.3 million	959,808	1,361,731	1.72	82.7
2076	projection	103,054,737	78.5–128.5 million	948,434	1,360,534	1.72	82.8
2077	projection	102,625,901	77.2–128.4 million	938,071	1,358,589	1.72	83.0
2078	projection	102,179,184	76.1–128.9 million	928,159	1,354,594	1.72	83.1
2079	projection	101,731,008	75.1–129.1 million	917,231	1,348,431	1.72	83.3
2080	projection	101,270,169	74.4–129.6 million	906,189	1,342,275	1.72	83.4
2081	projection	100,807,475	73.4–130.1 million	895,100	1,334,557	1.71	83.6
2082	projection	100,339,039	72.2–130.3 million	883,805	1,326,557	1.71	83.7
2083	projection	99,868,449	71.1–130.7 million	874,928	1,317,492	1.71	83.8
2084	projection	99,402,546	70.1–131.3 million	867,139	1,307,277	1.71	84.0
2085	projection	98,942,428	69.1–131.8 million	858,580	1,297,479	1.71	84.1
2086	projection	98,482,862	68.3–132.2 million	850,432	1,289,059	1.71	84.3
2087	projection	98,019,973	67.5–132.7 million	843,444	1,280,983	1.71	84.4
2088	projection	97,555,587	66.5–132.9 million	836,621	1,272,512	1.71	84.5
2089	projection	97,098,367	65.6–133.3 million	831,497	1,264,091	1.71	84.7
2090	projection	96,638,160	64.6–134.0 million	825,751	1,258,818	1.71	84.8
2091	projection	96,175,816	63.9–134.5 million	820,290	1,253,865	1.71	84.9
2092	projection	95,718,019	63.0–135.1 million	816,309	1,251,315	1.71	85.0
2093	projection	95,262,635	62.3–135.9 million	811,850	1,247,537	1.71	85.2
2094	projection	94,804,570	61.4–136.0 million	808,409	1,245,263	1.71	85.3
2095	projection	94,348,099	60.6–136.3 million	804,805	1,245,395	1.71	85.4
2096	projection	93,887,344	59.7–137.0 million	802,196	1,246,089	1.71	85.5
2097	projection	93,413,483	58.7–137.5 million	797,828	1,247,230	1.71	85.7
2098	projection	92,938,930	57.8–137.8 million	792,961	1,249,883	1.71	85.8
2099	projection	92,449,100	56.8–137.8 million	788,149	1,251,407	1.71	86.0
2100	projection	91,954,468	55.6–138.0 million	782,956	1,254,422	1.70	86.1

Show the numbers: Vietnam, mid-2026, by single year of age

Vietnam: population by single year of age, mid-2026
Age	Male	Female
0	679,986	619,732
1	690,870	628,300
2	705,161	639,746
3	721,458	653,288
4	739,860	667,073
5	758,764	681,837
6	769,685	693,894
7	756,299	697,248
8	770,496	726,981
9	804,596	762,805
10	842,912	801,956
11	873,895	833,704
12	888,534	851,600
13	948,308	912,005
14	919,698	885,160
15	797,148	768,132
16	772,832	748,479
17	785,672	764,539
18	766,106	747,150
19	735,820	722,230
20	698,816	690,471
21	679,214	674,010
22	674,438	671,320
23	650,017	648,486
24	621,259	621,213
25	636,042	632,042
26	637,200	627,989
27	610,848	603,940
28	622,208	618,616
29	662,791	662,750
30	703,708	708,336
31	740,759	745,950
32	774,959	779,668
33	813,737	818,011
34	847,009	845,650
35	893,540	885,635
36	909,730	903,480
37	872,221	870,119
38	845,939	845,279
39	831,118	829,700
40	835,243	833,474
41	857,250	856,414
42	844,734	849,458
43	808,269	821,309
44	754,547	769,800
45	704,707	720,366
46	691,820	710,420
47	676,693	697,510
48	651,040	673,536
49	642,686	670,397
50	638,756	668,244
51	618,898	640,446
52	597,003	617,531
53	596,258	624,254
54	596,301	628,200
55	579,950	615,560
56	567,843	610,322
57	549,950	600,517
58	516,136	571,670
59	492,340	551,256
60	496,682	560,239
61	506,880	573,832
62	496,890	570,878
63	469,369	553,329
64	420,488	512,380
65	392,632	496,230
66	387,025	506,920
67	358,458	483,142
68	331,594	445,978
69	304,083	410,088
70	273,752	378,196
71	257,925	359,494
72	233,322	331,416
73	201,332	299,090
74	172,966	265,316
75	161,335	250,336
76	149,855	242,320
77	122,147	210,766
78	102,932	180,414
79	86,912	153,314
80	72,512	133,516
81	61,294	120,328
82	50,964	107,830
83	44,932	102,204
84	39,969	96,706
85	33,912	86,743
86	28,474	77,387
87	23,728	69,066
88	19,532	61,287
89	15,918	54,180
90	12,742	47,352
91	9,948	40,675
92	7,594	34,484
93	5,533	28,262
94	3,771	21,988
95	2,440	16,465
96	1,528	12,081
97	922	8,632
98	538	6,018
99	312	4,177
100+	394	7,553

VNM · 1950–2100 · every age, every year

Vietnam, every age in every year

Each column is a year and each row an age; the denser the ink in a cell, the more people. Everyone born in the same year climbs one 45° diagonal, so famines, baby booms and migration show up as streaks. Select a cell to follow its generation.

VNM · ages 15–64

Who does the work in Vietnam

On the UN's projection, Vietnam will have the most working-age people it ever has in 2037: 72,399,700 people aged 15–64. In 2023 it had 68,011,700.

100 aged 15–64

35 children

13 aged 65+

aged 15–64 children under 15 aged 65 and over

How to read this: one orange square for each of 100 people aged 15–64 in 2023. Beneath them, teal for the children living alongside those 100 and violet for the people aged 65 or older.

Fewer than 50 dependants live alongside every 100 people aged 15–64 in 34 years: 2006–2039.

fewer than 50 dependants per 100 the same, projected 50 or more

How to read this: the strip runs 1950 to 2100. Coloured years are the ones with under 50 dependants for every 100 people aged 15–64; grey years are the rest, and a hatched year has not happened yet.

How every country compares

VNM · arrivals minus departures

Who arrives in Vietnam, and who leaves

In 2020–2025 Vietnam loses 50,625 people a year: everyone who arrives, minus everyone who leaves. The age at which that happens most is 20–24, at 12,505 a year more leaving than arriving.

one square = 2,000 people a year

020406080+

more arrive than leave more leave than arrive

How to read this: each column is one age, youngest on the left. Above the line, in blue, are the ages gaining people; below it, in orange, the ages losing them. This is the UN's projection for 2020–2025 — the record of migration by age does not go back beyond 2020.

Its best and worst years between 1950 and 2023: a gain of 571,113 (2008), and a loss of 337,597 (1979).

In 2024, 326,418 people living in Vietnam had been born in another country, fewer than 1 of every 100 people there, against fewer than 1 in 1990.

How migration works everywhere

VNM · births by the mother's age · 1950–2100

Who has the babies in Vietnam

Of every 100 babies born in Vietnam in 2023, 9 had a mother under 20, 79 a mother aged 20 to 34 and 12 a mother aged 35 or older. In 1950 it was 4 under 20 and 25 aged 35 or older.

1950
4 · 71 · 25

2023
9 · 79 · 12

2050 · projected
8 · 76 · 16

The mother's age: under 20 20 to 34 35 or older projected

How to read this: shrink a year's babies to 100 and colour each one by the age of its mother — that is a block. Under it, the same three groups as numbers, starting with the youngest mothers.

Babies born, 2023: 1,387,961
Average age when women have a baby: 27.2 years; 31.1 in 1950
Babies a year per 1,000 girls aged 15–19: 34; 28 in 1950

Babies by the mother's age, 1950–2100

Babies born in Vietnam by the mother's age
Mother's age	1950	1975	2000	2023	2050 projected	2100 projected
10–14	321	1,015	572	1,347	1,153	684
15–19	34,962	89,424	126,167	121,294	92,839	29,959
20–24	195,530	449,220	532,385	356,556	261,080	119,263
25–29	284,106	449,360	417,145	422,191	340,493	236,976
30–34	211,699	294,819	196,377	321,383	273,075	242,637
35–39	158,720	210,502	85,113	142,319	163,530	136,674
40–44	79,855	128,419	28,159	20,426	12,949	14,930
45–49	7,957	8,139	3,877	2,229	1,863	1,788
50–54	150	0	375	216	93	45
All babies	973,300	1,630,898	1,390,170	1,387,961	1,147,075	782,956

The UN's births for each year, split by the mother's age in the UN's own proportions.

VNM · healthy years · 2021

Years in good health in Vietnam

In Vietnam, WHO puts the healthy years a newborn could expect in 2021 at 65.4 (95% range 64.6–66.3), out of 73.8 in all. The years in less than full health come to 8.4, below the world's 9.5, in lives longer than the world's 71.4 years: more of them are healthy ones.

Women

68.0 in full health, 10.0 not: 78.0 years

Men

62.8 in full health, 6.9 not: 69.7 years

a year in full health a year in less than full health

How to read this: each square is a year of life, each row ten years; filled squares are years in full health, rounded to whole years.

Women: 68.0 healthy years of 78.0. Men: 62.8 of 69.7.

VNM · forced from home · end of 2025

Displacement in Vietnam

At the end of 2025, Vietnam was hosting 13 people who had crossed a border into it, fewer than 1 in every 100,000 people living there.

hosted from abroad13
Vietnam nationals abroad39,889

stayed inside their own country crossed a border

How to read this: count the squares — 1,000 people each, so the rows can be compared with one another. The last row is people from Vietnam living in another country, wherever they are. An outlined square means fewer people than one square stands for.

In 2025, 10,632 people from Vietnam asked for asylum in another country. Of every 100 people from Vietnam whose claims were decided that year, 13 were given protection. Who asks for asylum, and who is given it

How the world's displacement is counted

VNM · of every 100 people

How people live in Vietnam

Of every 100 people in Vietnam in 2025, 40 lived in a city, 47 in a town or suburb and 13 in the countryside.

cities towns and suburbs rural areas

Nearly everyone has electricity at home (2024). 15.8 of every 100 do not use the internet (2024).

How to read this: one square for every hundredth person, coloured as the key shows. Because the rule behind the colours is the same everywhere, two countries' squares can be compared directly.

How the world's people live

VNM · adults 25 and over · 2020

How far people in Vietnam went in school

Of every 100 adults in Vietnam in 2020, 4 never went to school and 26 finished upper secondary or went further.

4 never went to school 13 some primary 26 finished primary 31 finished lower secondary 15 finished upper secondary 11 studied after school

Compare two generations. Aged 60–64, 6.1 of every 100 women and 2.9 of every 100 men never went to school; aged 25–29, 2.2 and 1.7.

The middle projection has its working-age people most numerous in 2040; those among them who finished upper secondary are most numerous later, in 2070.

How to read this: the row is the adults (25 and over) shrunk to 100 people, coloured by how far each went in school, least schooling on the left. The Wittgenstein Centre's count, 2020.

How far the world's people went in school

VNM · cities · 2025

Cities in Vietnam

Vietnam had 137 cities in 2025, home to 40.9 million people. The largest, Ho Chi Minh City, holds 14 of every 100 people in Vietnam.

Ho Chi Minh City14,052,713
Hanoi5,068,414
Cần Thơ1,327,741
Đà Nẵng1,142,621
Hải Phòng1,015,494
Long Xuyên635,490
Mỹ Tho565,906
Nha Trang503,051
Vũng Tàu498,010
Tây Ninh437,816

All 25 cities in Vietnam that reach 300,000 people

Ho Chi Minh City 14,052,713
Hanoi 5,068,414
Cần Thơ 1,327,741
Đà Nẵng 1,142,621
Hải Phòng 1,015,494
Long Xuyên 635,490
Mỹ Tho 565,906
Nha Trang 503,051
Vũng Tàu 498,010
Tây Ninh 437,816
Huế 408,692
Vinh 355,643
Nam Định 353,044
Hải Dương 323,442
Quảng Ngãi 320,907
Buôn Ma Thuột 316,052
Quy Nhơn 297,184
Vinh Long 287,685
Long Thành 260,047
Phan Thiết 246,665
Phan Rang – Tháp Chàm 240,480
Đà Lạt 239,212
Củ Chi 195,626
Bến Tre 156,097
Việt Trì 112,591

How to read this: the 10 largest cities in 2025, bars on one scale. A city is the whole built-up area on the UN's rule, not the city's own boundary.

All the world's cities

Apparatus

Sources and method

Every figure on this page comes from the UN's World Population Prospects 2024: the annual country tables (estimates to 2023, projections with 95% intervals from 2024), and the population by single year of age and sex for the pyramid.

The censuses, surveys and registers behind the UN's estimates for Vietnam are listed, source by source, on the UN's own data sources page.

Sources: UN WPP 2024 · World Bank · UNHCR · country code lists · UN WUP 2025 · Wittgenstein Centre · WHO GHO · flag-icons · Natural Earth. Every source, its licence and how to cite it →

Checked before it was drawn

Verified 2026-09-30 · 73 canaries The pyramid for every year was checked against the published total. What that stamp counts, and what every page here has to pass before it can be built: how this site checks its figures.