Thailand vs Vietnam: Urban population

Urban population in 2025: 62.8% in Thailand and 38.8% in Vietnam, by UN estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Thailand, by 24 percentage points, or 1.62 times that in Vietnam.

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% of people · UN

ThailandVietnamUN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)

What the numbers say

Thailand has been higher since 1992, when it overtook Vietnam.
In 2025, Thailand ranked 124 and Vietnam ranked 183 of 229 countries, counting from the highest.
The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts Thailand at 79.2% and Vietnam at 46.5% in 2050.

Every year

% of people · UN

Year	Thailand	Vietnam
2025	62.8	38.8
2024	61.9	38.5
2023	60.9	38.1
2022	59.7	37.6
2021	58.5	36.7
2020	57.2	35.6
2019	55.9	34.6
2018	54.6	33.9
2017	49.2	33.4
2016	47.9	32.9
2015	47	32.4
2014	46.3	32
2013	45.8	31.5
2012	45.4	31.1
2011	44.8	30.7
2010	44	30.3
2009	43	29.8
2008	41.9	29.2
2007	40.7	28.7
2006	39.4	28.1
2005	38.1	27.4
2004	36.8	26.8
2003	35.4	26.2
2002	34.1	25.6
2001	32.7	25
2000	31.5	24.4
1999	30.2	23.8
1998	28.7	23.3
1997	27.2	22.7
1996	25.6	22.1
1995	24.1	21.5
1994	22.7	20.9
1993	21.3	20.3
1992	20.2	19.8
1991	19.4	19.4
1990	18.8	19.2
1989	18.5	19.1
1988	18.3	19.1
1987	18.1	19.1
1986	18	19.1
1985	17.8	19.1
1984	17.7	19.1
1983	17.6	19.1
1982	17.4	19.1
1981	17.3	19.1
1980	17.1	19.2
1979	16.8	19.2
1978	16.5	19.2
1977	16.1	19.6
1976	15.7	20.4
1975	15.2	20.6
1974	14.8	20.5
1973	14.3	20.5
1972	13.9	20.6
1971	13.6	20.7
1970	13.3	20.7
1969	13.1	20.6
1968	12.9	20.1
1967	12.8	19.3
1966	12.6	18.4
1965	12.5	17.5
1964	12.3	17
1963	12.2	16.5
1962	12.1	16.1
1961	12	15.7
1960	11.8	15.3
1959	11.7	14.7
1958	11.5	13.8
1957	11.4	12.9
1956	11.2	12
1955	11.1	11.3
1954	11	10.8
1953	10.8	10.5
1952	10.7	10.2
1951	10.5	10
1950	10.4	10.1

UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) · 2026–2050

Year	Thailand	Vietnam
2026	63.7	39.2
2027	64.6	39.5
2028	65.6	39.8
2029	66.4	40.2
2030	67.3	40.5
2031	68.2	40.8
2032	69	41.2
2033	69.9	41.5
2034	70.7	41.8
2035	71.5	42.1
2036	72.2	42.5
2037	72.9	42.8
2038	73.6	43.1
2039	74.3	43.4
2040	75	43.7
2041	75.6	44
2042	76.1	44.3
2043	76.7	44.6
2044	77.2	44.9
2045	77.6	45.2
2046	78	45.5
2047	78.4	45.7
2048	78.7	46
2049	78.9	46.3
2050	79.2	46.5

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The share of people living in places the country itself counts as urban.
Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025.
The dashed line is the UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025), a scenario rather than a forecast.
Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.

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