Vietnam
Urban population in Vietnam
Urban population in Vietnam: 10.1% in 1950 and 38.8% in 2025, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 38.8%
- Since 1950
- +28.7 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 183 of 229
- counting from the highest
- Projected, 2050
- 46.5%
- UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)
% of people · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts it at 46.5% in 2050.
- The highest was 38.8% in 2025, the lowest 10% in 1951.
Every year
% of people · UN
| Year | Vietnam |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 38.8 |
| 2024 | 38.5 |
| 2023 | 38.1 |
| 2022 | 37.6 |
| 2021 | 36.7 |
| 2020 | 35.6 |
| 2019 | 34.6 |
| 2018 | 33.9 |
| 2017 | 33.4 |
| 2016 | 32.9 |
| 2015 | 32.4 |
| 2014 | 32 |
| 2013 | 31.5 |
| 2012 | 31.1 |
| 2011 | 30.7 |
| 2010 | 30.3 |
| 2009 | 29.8 |
| 2008 | 29.2 |
| 2007 | 28.7 |
| 2006 | 28.1 |
| 2005 | 27.4 |
| 2004 | 26.8 |
| 2003 | 26.2 |
| 2002 | 25.6 |
| 2001 | 25 |
| 2000 | 24.4 |
| 1999 | 23.8 |
| 1998 | 23.3 |
| 1997 | 22.7 |
| 1996 | 22.1 |
| 1995 | 21.5 |
| 1994 | 20.9 |
| 1993 | 20.3 |
| 1992 | 19.8 |
| 1991 | 19.4 |
| 1990 | 19.2 |
| 1989 | 19.1 |
| 1988 | 19.1 |
| 1987 | 19.1 |
| 1986 | 19.1 |
| 1985 | 19.1 |
| 1984 | 19.1 |
| 1983 | 19.1 |
| 1982 | 19.1 |
| 1981 | 19.1 |
| 1980 | 19.2 |
| 1979 | 19.2 |
| 1978 | 19.2 |
| 1977 | 19.6 |
| 1976 | 20.4 |
| 1975 | 20.6 |
| 1974 | 20.5 |
| 1973 | 20.5 |
| 1972 | 20.6 |
| 1971 | 20.7 |
| 1970 | 20.7 |
| 1969 | 20.6 |
| 1968 | 20.1 |
| 1967 | 19.3 |
| 1966 | 18.4 |
| 1965 | 17.5 |
| 1964 | 17 |
| 1963 | 16.5 |
| 1962 | 16.1 |
| 1961 | 15.7 |
| 1960 | 15.3 |
| 1959 | 14.7 |
| 1958 | 13.8 |
| 1957 | 12.9 |
| 1956 | 12 |
| 1955 | 11.3 |
| 1954 | 10.8 |
| 1953 | 10.5 |
| 1952 | 10.2 |
| 1951 | 10 |
| 1950 | 10.1 |
UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) · 2026–2050
| Year | Vietnam |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 39.2 |
| 2027 | 39.5 |
| 2028 | 39.8 |
| 2029 | 40.2 |
| 2030 | 40.5 |
| 2031 | 40.8 |
| 2032 | 41.2 |
| 2033 | 41.5 |
| 2034 | 41.8 |
| 2035 | 42.1 |
| 2036 | 42.5 |
| 2037 | 42.8 |
| 2038 | 43.1 |
| 2039 | 43.4 |
| 2040 | 43.7 |
| 2041 | 44 |
| 2042 | 44.3 |
| 2043 | 44.6 |
| 2044 | 44.9 |
| 2045 | 45.2 |
| 2046 | 45.5 |
| 2047 | 45.7 |
| 2048 | 46 |
| 2049 | 46.3 |
| 2050 | 46.5 |
Good to know
- 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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- Military spending2.15% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$10.9B in 2025
- Military spending per person$104 in 2025
- Military share of state spending9.9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel522,000 people in 2020
- National power1.11% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.95% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports177 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports10 million TIV in 2018