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Top 20 most populous states, provinces and regions · 🇻🇳 Vietnam

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Why these 20

Population of each country's first-level regions (states, provinces, prefectures, oblasts) from Wikidata, which takes it from census offices. Where Wikidata has figures for several years the highest is used, which is usually the latest census; regions that shrink may show an older, larger figure.

  1. 1 H
  2. 2 H

    Hanoi

    capital of Vietnam

    8,717,600

    Also in: #2 most populous cities (Vietnam)

  3. 3 Đ

    Đồng Nai

    Centrally-governed city of Vietnam

    4,427,700

  4. 4 T

    Thanh Hóa

    province of Vietnam

    4,357,523

  5. 5 N

    Ninh Bình

    province of Vietnam

    3,818,700

  6. 6 A

    An Giang

    province of Vietnam

    3,679,300

  7. 7 P

    Phú Thọ

    province of Vietnam

    3,663,700

  8. 8 B

    Bắc Ninh

    Centrally-governed city of Vietnam

    3,509,200

  9. 9 N

    Nghệ An

    province of Vietnam

    3,472,300

  10. 10 Đ

    Đồng Tháp

    province of Vietnam

    3,397,200

  11. 11 V

    Vĩnh Long

    province of Vietnam

    3,367,500

  12. 12 L

    Lâm Đồng

    Province in South Central Coast and Central Highlands region of Vietnam.

    3,324,400

  13. 13 H

    Hưng Yên

    province of Vietnam

    3,208,500

  14. 14 C

    Cần Thơ

    city of Vietnam

    3,207,000

    Also in: #3 most populous cities (Vietnam)

  15. 15 G

    Gia Lai

    province of Vietnam

    3,153,400

  16. 16 T

    Tây Ninh

    province of Vietnam

    2,959,000

  17. 17 Đ

    Đắk Lắk

    province of Vietnam

    2,831,400

  18. 18 D

    Da Nang

    Municipality of Vietnam

    2,819,900

    Also in: #4 most populous cities (Vietnam)

  19. 19 C

    Cà Mau

    province of Vietnam

    2,140,700

  20. 20 H

    Haiphong

    Centrally-governed city in Vietnam

    2,124,500

    Also in: #5 most populous cities (Vietnam)

How it is measured

Wikidata: the first-level divisions each country lists as its own (P150, contains the administrative territorial entity) that have a population (P1082) and no dissolution date; grouped by country, the world view is built from the countries.

References

  1. Wikidata query: first-level regions by population, Wikidata (CC0). Checked 2026-10-20 04:46 UTC.