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Ho Chi Minh City

Ho Chi Minh City is the one mega-city of Vietnam — the only urban area in the country to pass five million people. The largest, Ho Chi Minh City, holds an estimated 5,314,000people across its urban agglomeration — a mega-city. From Natural Earth, snapshot 2026-06-24.

MEGA-CITYHo Chi Minh City

POPULATION~5,314,000

NUMBER OF MEGA-CITIES1

The mega-city

Ho Chi Minh City~5,314,000 people

In context

Where Ho Chi Minh Citysits on the world’s scale of mega-cities — from the cities just over five million to the singular supergiant above twenty.

20M+

15–20M

10–15M

7–10M

5–7MHo Chi Minh City is here

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