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Cao Lãnh — UN urban centre

151,278

Cao Lãnh: 151,278 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #4,004 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 4854; 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: 10.4567, 105.6367. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.

UN population series

YearPeopleMethod
197561,287Estimate
198068,017Estimate
198577,797Estimate
199096,838Estimate
1995107,568Estimate
2000113,299Estimate
2005117,102Estimate
2010139,642Estimate
2015146,056Estimate
2020148,182Estimate
2025151,278Estimate
2030154,620Projection
2035155,862Projection
2040158,069Projection
2045160,093Projection
2050156,991Projection

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