Vietnam - Population in largest city

Population in largest city

The value for Population in largest city in Vietnam was 8,837,544 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 61 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 8,837,544 in 2021 and a minimum value of 1,400,000 in 1960.

Definition: Population in largest city is the urban population living in the country's largest metropolitan area.

Source: United Nations, World Urbanization Prospects.

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Year Value
1960 1,400,000
1961 1,448,551
1962 1,498,856
1963 1,550,908
1964 1,604,843
1965 1,660,497
1966 1,718,163
1967 1,777,831
1968 1,839,658
1969 1,903,455
1970 1,969,558
1971 2,037,957
1972 2,108,830
1973 2,181,962
1974 2,257,737
1975 2,336,143
1976 2,417,386
1977 2,501,219
1978 2,588,081
1979 2,677,959
1980 2,716,087
1981 2,736,454
1982 2,757,003
1983 2,777,705
1984 2,798,592
1985 2,819,578
1986 2,840,750
1987 2,862,081
1988 2,883,603
1989 2,927,031
1990 3,037,805
1991 3,152,771
1992 3,272,256
1993 3,395,922
1994 3,524,441
1995 3,657,824
1996 3,796,450
1997 3,939,926
1998 4,089,033
1999 4,240,851
2000 4,389,369
2001 4,542,659
2002 4,701,524
2003 4,865,945
2004 5,036,354
2005 5,212,238
2006 5,394,520
2007 5,583,176
2008 5,778,704
2009 5,980,513
2010 6,189,370
2011 6,405,520
2012 6,629,220
2013 6,860,731
2014 7,100,328
2015 7,348,291
2016 7,604,915
2017 7,870,501
2018 8,145,361
2019 8,371,428
2020 8,602,317
2021 8,837,544

Population in the largest city (% of urban population)

Population in the largest city (% of urban population) in Vietnam was 23.66 as of 2021. Its highest value over the past 61 years was 29.15 in 1960, while its lowest value was 21.96 in 1993.

Definition: Population in largest city is the percentage of a country's urban population living in that country's largest metropolitan area.

Source: United Nations, World Urbanization Prospects.

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Year Value
1960 29.15
1961 28.63
1962 28.12
1963 27.63
1964 27.16
1965 26.71
1966 26.28
1967 25.86
1968 25.48
1969 25.12
1970 24.80
1971 24.90
1972 25.04
1973 25.19
1974 25.35
1975 25.53
1976 25.72
1977 25.91
1978 26.11
1979 26.30
1980 26.00
1981 25.52
1982 25.05
1983 24.58
1984 24.12
1985 23.67
1986 23.24
1987 22.82
1988 22.42
1989 22.11
1990 22.06
1991 22.01
1992 21.98
1993 21.96
1994 21.98
1995 22.03
1996 22.12
1997 22.24
1998 22.40
1999 22.53
2000 22.54
2001 22.56
2002 22.60
2003 22.66
2004 22.72
2005 22.79
2006 22.86
2007 22.93
2008 23.00
2009 23.07
2010 23.13
2011 23.19
2012 23.25
2013 23.31
2014 23.38
2015 23.45
2016 23.53
2017 23.63
2018 23.73
2019 23.69
2020 23.67
2021 23.66

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization