Long Xuyên — UN urban centre
Long Xuyên: 635,490 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #851 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 4746; 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: 10.371, 105.4449. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 182,486 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 174,016 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 197,856 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 199,668 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 234,783 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 338,091 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 456,765 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 553,391 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 578,892 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 596,977 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 635,490 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 668,582 | Projection |
| 2035 | 674,882 | Projection |
| 2040 | 678,845 | Projection |
| 2045 | 681,708 | Projection |
| 2050 | 674,755 | Projection |
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