Ho Chi Minh City — municipality population
Ho Chi Minh City has a recorded base population of 14,002,598 for the municipality definition (Population reference date not supplied in local record). GeoNames administrative-unit record; the moving counter uses World Bank national growth (2025); not measured local growth, not new population observations.
At a glance
Separate UN urban-centre definition
Ho Chi Minh City UN urban centre: 14,052,713 people (2025), larger than the displayed municipality figure of 14,002,598. Separate GeoNames settlement record: 14,002,598; the UN value is larger (different boundaries; GeoNames population date unavailable). UN WUP 2025 Degree of Urbanisation; not a municipal/province boundary. Association: name/country/coordinates matched; boundary relationship unverified. No containment claim is made.
Administrative units of Ho Chi Minh City
1 administrative records listed; completeness not established. 1 of 1 population values available; population values and dates not independently verified.
Available-value subtotal: 89,373; not a reconciled total. Shares use the displayed municipality denominator 14,002,598; mixed/unknown dates are not comparable. An em dash means missing, not zero.
| Unit | Population | Share | Membership |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tân Bình | 89,373 | 0.64% | Not independently verified |
Comparable database records
Same definition label: municipality. Dates/boundaries may still differ; this is not a harmonised international city ranking. Ratios use 14,002,598 as denominator.
| Place | Population | vs Ho Chi Minh City |
|---|---|---|
| Hanoi | 8,587,100 | −38.7% |
| Haiphong | 4,664,124 | −66.7% |
| Da Nang | 3,065,628 | −78.1% |
About these numbers
Source: GeoNames administrative-unit record. Reference: Population reference date not supplied in local record; GeoNames record modified 2025-07-31 (not the population date). Live method: exponential projection from modelling anchor 2025-07-01 using World Bank national growth (2025); not measured local growth (+0.60% per year). This anchor is a modelling convention, not an observed population date. Tiles, ranks and comparisons use the recorded base figure 14,002,598, not the ticking estimate. Country/world denominators are World Bank values and can differ in date and method from local/UN values. Ranks cover only records with the same definition label in this database, not all cities in the world.
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