Largest Cities in Vietnam 2026: Population Ranking

Vietnam's cities at a glance

Updated October 2026

Dots sized by population · Ho Chi Minh City in orange

Vietnam has 7 cities with more than a million inhabitants and 100 with more than 100,000 (city-proper figures). The largest is Ho Chi Minh City with 14,002,598 people, followed by Hanoi (8,053,663) and Haiphong (2,625,200). The three largest cities together hold about 24.1% of the country's 102.3 million people.

The capital, Hanoi, is the 2nd largest city with 8,053,663 people — Ho Chi Minh City is 1.7× larger.

By region, the most large cities are in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) (16), An Giang (7), Lam Dong (6).

Country-level figures — live population, births and deaths, growth, density and history — are on the Vietnam population page; provinces, terrain, rivers and society maps are in the Vietnam atlas.

Vietnam cities by population

100 cities · GeoNames · city proper

#	City	Region	Population	Share of Vietnam
1	Ho Chi Minh City	Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC)	14,002,598	13.7%
2	HanoiCapital	Hanoi	8,053,663	7.9%
3	Haiphong	Hai Phong	2,625,200	2.6%
4	Cần Thơ	Can Tho City	1,507,187	1.5%
5	Huế	Thừa Thiên Huế Province	1,380,000	1.3%
6	Da Nang	Da Nang City	1,276,000	1.2%
7	Biên Hòa	Dong Nai	1,272,235	1.2%
8	Thanh Hóa	Thanh Hóa Province	850,000	0.8%
9	Vinh	Nghệ An Province	790,000	0.8%
10	Thuận An	Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC)	588,616	0.6%
11	Nha Trang	Khanh Hoa	579,000	0.6%
12	Thủ Đức	Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC)	524,670	0.5%
13	Qui Nhon	Gia Lai	519,208	0.5%
14	Vũng Tàu	Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC)	464,860	0.5%
15	Dĩ An	Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC)	463,023	0.5%
16	Rạch Giá	An Giang	459,860	0.4%
17	Bắc Giang	Bac Ninh	450,000	0.4%
18	Nam Định	Ninh Binh	448,225	0.4%
19	Buôn Ma Thuột	Dak Lak	434,256	0.4%
20	Thái Nguyên	Thai Nguyen	420,000	0.4%
21	Việt Trì	Phu Tho	415,280	0.4%
22	Quận Mười	Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC)	399,000	0.4%
23	Thủ Dầu Một	Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC)	373,105	0.4%
24	Bến Cát	Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC)	364,578	0.4%
25	Quận Mười Một	Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC)	332,536	0.3%
26	Hoa Lư	Ninh Binh	319,125	0.3%
27	An Nhơn	Gia Lai	308,396	0.3%
28	Phu Quoc	An Giang	294,419	0.3%
29	Bắc Ninh	Bac Ninh	287,658	0.3%
30	Phú Mỹ	Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC)	287,055	0.3%
31	Long Xuyên	An Giang	286,140	0.3%
32	Quảng Ngãi	Quang Ngai	278,496	0.3%
33	Quận Sáu	Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC)	271,050	0.3%
34	Mỹ Tho	Dong Thap	270,700	0.3%
35	Hạ Long	Quảng Ninh	270,054	0.3%
36	Hà Tĩnh	Hà Tĩnh Province	266,321	0.3%
37	Ðà Lạt	Lam Dong	258,014	0.3%
38	Xuân Lộc	Dong Nai	253,140	0.2%
39	Thị Trấn Đông Triều	Quảng Ninh	248,896	0.2%
40	Thành Phố Bà Rịa	Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC)	235,192	0.2%
41	Ninh Hòa	Khanh Hoa	230,566	0.2%
42	Phan Thiết	Lam Dong	228,536	0.2%
43	Cà Mau	Ca Mau	226,372	0.2%
44	Quận Ba	Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC)	220,375	0.2%
45	Tân An	Tay Ninh	215,250	0.2%
46	Sa Dec	Dong Thap	214,610	0.2%
47	Cao Lãnh	Dong Thap	211,912	0.2%
48	Phan Rang-Tháp Chàm	Khanh Hoa	207,998	0.2%
49	Kon Tum	Quang Ngai	205,762	0.2%
50	Lạng Sơn	Lạng Sơn Province	200,108	0.2%
51	Quận Bốn	Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC)	199,329	0.2%
52	Cẩm Phả	Quảng Ninh	190,232	0.2%
53	Quận Năm	Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC)	187,510	0.2%
54	Vĩnh Châu	Can Tho City	183,918	0.2%
55	Phúc Yên	Phu Tho	180,000	0.2%
56	Phú Quốc	An Giang	179,480	0.2%
57	Tân Châu	An Giang	175,211	0.2%
58	Long Khánh	Dong Nai	171,276	0.2%
59	Bảo Lộc	Lam Dong	170,920	0.2%
60	Đồng Xoài	Dong Nai	168,000	0.2%
61	Tam Kỳ	Da Nang City	165,240	0.2%
62	Ðông Hà	Quang Tri	164,228	0.2%
63	Trảng Bàng	Tay Ninh	161,831	0.2%
64	Đưc Trọng	Lam Dong	161,232	0.2%
65	La Gi	Lam Dong	160,652	0.2%
66	Trà Vinh	Vinh Long	160,310	0.2%
67	Bạc Liêu	Ca Mau	156,110	0.2%
68	Tuy Hòa	Dak Lak	155,921	0.2%
69	Thị Trấn Thuận Châu	Sơn La Province	153,000	0.1%
70	Cần Giuộc	Tay Ninh	152,200	0.1%
71	Hòa Thành	Tay Ninh	147,666	0.1%
72	Cam Ranh	Khanh Hoa	146,771	0.1%
73	Huyện Lâm Hà	Lam Dong	144,707	0.1%
74	Tịnh Biên	An Giang	143,098	0.1%
75	Cai Lậy	Dong Thap	143,050	0.1%
76	Vĩnh Long	Vinh Long	137,870	0.1%
77	Phủ Lý	Ninh Binh	136,654	0.1%
78	Cẩm Phả Mines	Quảng Ninh	135,477	0.1%
79	Tây Ninh	Tay Ninh	135,254	0.1%
80	Đồng Hới	Quang Tri	133,672	0.1%
81	Quận Đức Thịnh		132,000	0.1%
82	Lào Cai	Lao Cai	130,671	0.1%
83	Buôn Hồ	Dak Lak	127,920	0.1%
84	Chơn Thành	Dong Nai	121,083	0.1%
85	Vĩnh Yên	Phu Tho	119,128	0.1%
86	Bắc Quang	Tuyen Quang	118,690	0.1%
87	Hưng Yên	Hưng Yên Province	118,646	0.1%
88	Phong Điền	Thừa Thiên Huế Province	114,820	0.1%
89	Pleiku	Gia Lai	114,225	0.1%
90	Hoàng Mai	Nghệ An Province	113,360	0.1%
91	Gò Vấp	Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC)	110,850	0.1%
92	Móng Cái	Quảng Ninh	108,553	0.1%
93	Yên Vinh	Nghệ An Province	107,082	0.1%
94	Ba Đồn	Quang Tri	106,413	0.1%
95	Sơn La	Sơn La Province	106,052	0.1%
96	Hòa Bình	Phu Tho	105,260	0.1%
97	Tuyên Quang	Tuyen Quang	104,645	0.1%
98	Hồng Ngự	Dong Thap	101,155	0.1%
99	Yên Bái	Lao Cai	100,631	0.1%
100	Hà Tiên	An Giang	100,560	0.1%

Cities with 300,000 or more people link to their own page. The list keeps every city of 100,000+ and at least the 30 largest places of the country.

Frequently asked questions

What is the largest city in Vietnam?

Ho Chi Minh City, with about 14,002,598 inhabitants (city proper). It is larger than the capital, Hanoi (8,053,663).

What is the capital of Vietnam?

Hanoi — population 8,053,663, the 2nd largest city in the country.

How many cities in Vietnam have over one million people?

7: Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi, Haiphong, Cần Thơ, Huế, Da Nang, Biên Hòa.

Are these metropolitan-area populations?

No. They are city-proper figures (the administrative city) from GeoNames, based on the latest census or official estimate. Metropolitan areas, which include suburbs and satellite towns, are larger — often several times larger for the biggest cities.

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