Vietnam: cities by population
Vietnam has a population of 102,177,431 (UN estimate, 2026), with Hanoi as its capital. The 50 largest of its 516 recorded towns and cities, ranked.
+32%
since 2000 (77,154,011)
+8%
projected by 2050 (110,008,908)
326
people per km²
Figures are the latest available in GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), which draws on national censuses of varying dates — treat them as recent, not same-year. Country totals are UN World Population Prospects 2024 (medium variant) where the UN lists the country separately; the handful it reports under a parent state keep a GeoNames figure and are marked as such. Sources & method.
Largest cities in Vietnam
| # | Place | Region | Population |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ho Chi Minh City | Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) | 14,002,598 |
| 2 | Hanoi | Hanoi | 8,053,663 |
| 3 | Haiphong | Hai Phong | 2,625,200 |
| 4 | Cần Thơ | Can Tho City | 1,507,187 |
| 5 | Huế | Thừa Thiên Huế Province | 1,380,000 |
| 6 | Da Nang | Da Nang City | 1,276,000 |
| 7 | Biên Hòa | Dong Nai | 1,272,235 |
| 8 | Thanh Hóa | Thanh Hóa Province | 850,000 |
| 9 | Vinh | Nghệ An Province | 790,000 |
| 10 | Thuận An | Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) | 588,616 |
| 11 | Nha Trang | Khanh Hoa | 579,000 |
| 12 | Thủ Đức | Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) | 524,670 |
| 13 | Qui Nhon | Gia Lai | 519,208 |
| 14 | Vũng Tàu | Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) | 464,860 |
| 15 | Dĩ An | Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) | 463,023 |
| 16 | Rạch Giá | An Giang | 459,860 |
| 17 | Bắc Giang | Bac Ninh | 450,000 |
| 18 | Nam Định | Ninh Binh | 448,225 |
| 19 | Buôn Ma Thuột | Dak Lak | 434,256 |
| 20 | Thái Nguyên | Thai Nguyen | 420,000 |
| 21 | Việt Trì | Phu Tho | 415,280 |
| 22 | Thủ Dầu Một | Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) | 373,105 |
| 23 | Bến Cát | Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) | 364,578 |
| 24 | An Nhơn | Gia Lai | 308,396 |
| 25 | Nghi Sơn | Thanh Hóa Province | 302,210 |
| 26 | Phu Quoc | An Giang | 294,419 |
| 27 | Bắc Ninh | Bac Ninh | 287,658 |
| 28 | Phú Mỹ | Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) | 287,055 |
| 29 | Long Xuyên | An Giang | 286,140 |
| 30 | Ba Vì | Hanoi | 282,600 |
| 31 | Quảng Ngãi | Quang Ngai | 278,496 |
| 32 | Mỹ Tho | Dong Thap | 270,700 |
| 33 | Hạ Long | Quảng Ninh | 270,054 |
| 34 | Hà Tĩnh | Hà Tĩnh Province | 266,321 |
| 35 | Ðà Lạt | Lam Dong | 258,014 |
| 36 | Xuân Lộc | Dong Nai | 253,140 |
| 37 | Thị Trấn Đông Triều | Quảng Ninh | 248,896 |
| 38 | Hải Dương | Hai Phong | 241,373 |
| 39 | Thành Phố Bà Rịa | Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) | 235,192 |
| 40 | Phổ Yên | Thai Nguyen | 231,363 |
Twenty years earlier: Vietnam in the 2005 World Gazetteer — population then 82,851,971.
Common questions
What is the population of Vietnam?
Vietnam has a population of 102,177,431, the UN World Population Prospects estimate for 2026. The UN's medium-variant projection for 2050 is 110,008,908 — a forecast, not a measurement.
What is the capital of Vietnam?
Hanoi. The largest place we record there is Ho Chi Minh City, with 14,002,598 people.