Total current population for Vietnam in 2025 is 100,103,979, a 0.61% increase from 2024.

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<li>Total population for Vietnam in 2024 was <strong>99,497,680</strong>, a <strong>0.65% increase</strong> from 2023.</li>
<li>Total population for Vietnam in 2023 was <strong>98,858,950</strong>, a <strong>0.68% increase</strong> from 2022.</li>
<li>Total population for Vietnam in 2022 was <strong>98,186,856</strong>, a <strong>0.74% increase</strong> from 2021.</li>
</ul>Total population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship. The values shown are midyear estimates.

The total population in Vietnam was estimated at 101.3 million people in 2024, according to the latest census figures and projections from Trading Economics. This dataset provides - Vietnam Population - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

Vietnam VN: Population: Total: Aged 15-64 data was reported at 66,677,368.000 Person in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 66,197,535.000 Person for 2016. Vietnam VN: Population: Total: Aged 15-64 data is updated yearly, averaging 37,276,861.500 Person from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2017, with 58 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 66,677,368.000 Person in 2017 and a record low of 18,015,612.000 Person in 1960. Vietnam VN: Population: Total: Aged 15-64 data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Vietnam – Table VN.World Bank.WDI: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Total population between the ages 15 to 64. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.; ; World Bank staff estimates using the World Bank's total population and age/sex distributions of the United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2017 Revision.; Sum;

Vietnam rural population for 2023 was 59,829,437, a 0.49% decline from 2022.

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<li>Vietnam rural population for 2022 was <strong>60,123,739</strong>, a <strong>0.42% decline</strong> from 2021.</li>
<li>Vietnam rural population for 2021 was <strong>60,379,495</strong>, a <strong>0.3% decline</strong> from 2020.</li>
<li>Vietnam rural population for 2020 was <strong>60,560,066</strong>, a <strong>0.22% decline</strong> from 2019.</li>
</ul>Rural population refers to people living in rural areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated as the difference between total population and urban population. Aggregation of urban and rural population may not add up to total population because of different country coverages.

Vietnam urban population for 2023 was 39,029,513, a 2.54% increase from 2022.

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<li>Vietnam urban population for 2022 was <strong>38,063,117</strong>, a <strong>2.63% increase</strong> from 2021.</li>
<li>Vietnam urban population for 2021 was <strong>37,088,534</strong>, a <strong>2.77% increase</strong> from 2020.</li>
<li>Vietnam urban population for 2020 was <strong>36,088,619</strong>, a <strong>2.87% increase</strong> from 2019.</li>
</ul>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.

In 2023, the population density of Vietnam was around 303 people per square kilometer of land area. In that year, Vietnam's total population reached approximately 100.3 million. The country is among those with the highest population density in the Asia Pacific region, ranking 11th in 2020. Population density in Vietnam In comparison, Vietnam’s population density is roughly twice as much as China and Indonesia. The average population density in the world is at 59 inhabitants per square kilometer. The largest population within the country can be found in the Red River Delta and the Mekong River Delta. The most populated city is Ho Chi Minh City with roughly nine million inhabitants. Population growth in Vietnam Vietnam’s total population was forecast to surpass 100 million by 2050. Traditionally, Vietnamese families had an average of six children, while today, the birth rate is at two children per woman. This is due to an improving economy and higher living standards. In 2020, the population growth in Vietnam reached 0.90 percent, down from about three percent in the 1960s.

Chart and table of population level and growth rate for the Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam metro area from 1950 to 2025.

Vietnam VN: Population: Growth data was reported at 1.022 % in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of 1.060 % for 2016. Vietnam VN: Population: Growth data is updated yearly, averaging 2.168 % from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2017, with 58 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 3.021 % in 1960 and a record low of 0.928 % in 2006. Vietnam VN: Population: Growth data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Vietnam – Table VN.World Bank.WDI: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Annual population growth rate for year t is the exponential rate of growth of midyear population from year t-1 to t, expressed as a percentage . Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.; ; Derived from total population. Population source: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects: 2017 Revision, (2) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (3) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (4) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Reprot (various years), (5) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database, and (6) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme.; Weighted average;

Chart and table of population level and growth rate for the Hue, Vietnam metro area from 1950 to 2025.

Vietnam birth rate for 2022 was 14.69, a 2.13% decline from 2021.

• Vietnam birth rate for 2021 was 15.01, a 2.55% decline from 2020.
• Vietnam birth rate for 2020 was 15.40, a 1.68% decline from 2019.
• Vietnam birth rate for 2019 was 15.66, a 1.32% decline from 2018.

Crude birth rate indicates the number of live births occurring during the year, per 1,000 population estimated at midyear. Subtracting the crude death rate from the crude birth rate provides the rate of natural increase, which is equal to the rate of population change in the absence of migration.

Vietnam immigration statistics for 2015 was 72,793, a 17.87% increase from 2010.

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<li>Vietnam immigration statistics for 2010 was <strong>61,756</strong>, a <strong>19.29% increase</strong> from 2005.</li>
<li>Vietnam immigration statistics for 2005 was <strong>51,768</strong>, a <strong>8.79% decline</strong> from 2000.</li>
<li>Vietnam immigration statistics for 2000 was <strong>56,754</strong>, a <strong>10.71% increase</strong> from 1995.</li>
</ul>International migrant stock is the number of people born in a country other than that in which they live. It also includes refugees. The data used to estimate the international migrant stock at a particular time are obtained mainly from population censuses. The estimates are derived from the data on foreign-born population--people who have residence in one country but were born in another country. When data on the foreign-born population are not available, data on foreign population--that is, people who are citizens of a country other than the country in which they reside--are used as estimates. After the breakup of the Soviet Union in 1991 people living in one of the newly independent countries who were born in another were classified as international migrants. Estimates of migrant stock in the newly independent states from 1990 on are based on the 1989 census of the Soviet Union. For countries with information on the international migrant stock for at least two points in time, interpolation or extrapolation was used to estimate the international migrant stock on July 1 of the reference years. For countries with only one observation, estimates for the reference years were derived using rates of change in the migrant stock in the years preceding or following the single observation available. A model was used to estimate migrants for countries that had no data.

Vietnam: Rural population, percent of total population: The latest value from 2023 is 60.52 percent, a decline from 61.23 percent in 2022. In comparison, the world average is 38.64 percent, based on data from 196 countries. Historically, the average for Vietnam from 1960 to 2023 is 76.19 percent. The minimum value, 60.52 percent, was reached in 2023 while the maximum of 85.3 percent was recorded in 1960.

Vietnam: Percent of world population: The latest value from 2023 is 1.24 percent, unchanged from 1.24 percent in 2022. In comparison, the world average is 0.51 percent, based on data from 196 countries. Historically, the average for Vietnam from 1960 to 2023 is 1.23 percent. The minimum value, 1.09 percent, was reached in 1960 while the maximum of 1.3 percent was recorded in 1995.

Chart and table of population level and growth rate for the Ha Noi, Vietnam metro area from 1950 to 2025.

VN: Population: as % of Total: Female: Aged 65 and Above data was reported at 8.820 % in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 8.582 % for 2016. VN: Population: as % of Total: Female: Aged 65 and Above data is updated yearly, averaging 6.777 % from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2017, with 58 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 8.820 % in 2017 and a record low of 5.519 % in 1960. VN: Population: as % of Total: Female: Aged 65 and Above data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Vietnam – Table VN.World Bank.WDI: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Female population 65 years of age or older as a percentage of the total female population. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.; ; World Bank staff estimates based on age/sex distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2017 Revision.; Weighted average; Relevance to gender indicator: Knowing how many girls, adolescents and women there are in a population helps a country in determining its provision of services.

Vietnam: Catholic Christians as percent of the total population: The latest value from 2013 is 7.7 percent, an increase from 7.6 percent in 2012. In comparison, the world average is 43.2 percent, based on data from 84 countries. Historically, the average for Vietnam from 1960 to 2013 is 6 percent. The minimum value, 4.6 percent, was reached in 1960 while the maximum of 7.7 percent was recorded in 2013.

VN: Population in Largest City: as % of Urban Population data was reported at 23.394 % in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 23.302 % for 2016. VN: Population in Largest City: as % of Urban Population data is updated yearly, averaging 23.202 % from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2017, with 58 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 29.151 % in 1960 and a record low of 21.883 % in 1993. VN: Population in Largest City: as % of Urban Population data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Vietnam – Table VN.World Bank.WDI: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Population in largest city is the percentage of a country's urban population living in that country's largest metropolitan area.; ; United Nations, World Urbanization Prospects.; Weighted average;

Vietnam VN: Population: Female: Aged 65 and Above data was reported at 4,256,611.000 Person in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 4,100,375.000 Person for 2016. Vietnam VN: Population: Female: Aged 65 and Above data is updated yearly, averaging 2,272,572.000 Person from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2017, with 58 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 4,256,611.000 Person in 2017 and a record low of 913,684.000 Person in 1960. Vietnam VN: Population: Female: Aged 65 and Above data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Vietnam – Table VN.World Bank.WDI: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Female population 65 years of age or older. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.; ; World Bank staff estimates using the World Bank's total population and age/sex distributions of the United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2017 Revision.; Sum; Relevance to gender indicator: Knowing how many girls, adolescents and women there are in a population helps a country in determining its provision of services.

Iraq urban population for 2023 was 32,580,810, a 2.62% increase from 2022.

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<li>Iraq urban population for 2022 was <strong>31,749,763</strong>, a <strong>2.55% increase</strong> from 2021.</li>
<li>Iraq urban population for 2021 was <strong>30,960,655</strong>, a <strong>2.62% increase</strong> from 2020.</li>
<li>Iraq urban population for 2020 was <strong>30,169,923</strong>, a <strong>2.7% increase</strong> from 2019.</li>
</ul>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.

Vietnam VN: Population: as % of Total: Male: Aged 65 and Above data was reported at 5.445 % in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 5.231 % for 2016. Vietnam VN: Population: as % of Total: Male: Aged 65 and Above data is updated yearly, averaging 4.519 % from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2017, with 58 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 5.445 % in 2017 and a record low of 3.855 % in 1975. Vietnam VN: Population: as % of Total: Male: Aged 65 and Above data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Vietnam – Table VN.World Bank.WDI: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Male population 65 years of age or older as a percentage of the total male population. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.; ; World Bank staff estimates based on age/sex distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2017 Revision.; Weighted average;