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Viet Nam
Urban population

Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated using World Bank population estimates and urban ratios from the United Nations World Urbanization Prospects. Aggregation of urban and rural population may not add up to total population because of different country coverages.

Global rank#27out of 217 countries
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Historical trend

39 M31 M22 M14 M5.0 M196019932025Viet Nam · 2025: 39.45MViet Nam

Analytical takeaways

  • Viet Nam records 39.45M for Urban population in 2025, ranking #27 globally out of 217 countries.
  • Urban population increased from 4.97M in 1960 to 39.45M in 2025, a gain of 34.48M.
  • The country sits in the top quartile of the global distribution for this metric, making the page useful for leader-oriented high-intent searches.

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