Hạ Long — UN urban centre
Hạ Long: 130,585 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #4,674 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 4261; territory: Vietnam (VNM). UN source workbook.
Method: Degree of Urbanisation (contiguous 1 km2 cells, density 1,500+ people/km2, total 50,000+). This is a source-defined urban centre, not a municipality or province. No association with a separate administrative entity is inferred from proximity or name.
Source centroid: 20.957, 107.1104. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 52,258 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 53,126 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 107,298 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 114,883 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 116,933 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 119,369 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 123,723 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 130,837 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 130,959 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 129,842 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 130,585 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 130,218 | Projection |
| 2035 | 129,675 | Projection |
| 2040 | 128,684 | Projection |
| 2045 | 127,444 | Projection |
| 2050 | 125,130 | Projection |
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