Data · Population & urbanization
Population density (people per sq. km of land area): Vietnam, 1961–2024
- Latest (2024)
- 322 people per km²
- Source
- World Bank
- Code
- EN.POP.DNST
- Frequency
- Yearly
Definition
Population density is midyear population divided by land area in square kilometers. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship--except for refugees not permanently settled in the country of asylum, who are generally considered part of the population of their country of origin. Land area is a country's total area, excluding area under inland water bodies, national claims to continental shelf, and exclusive economic zones. In most cases the definition of inland water bodies includes major rivers and lakes.
What the series shows
The series runs from 1961 to 2024 (64 years of data). It moved from 103 to 322 people per km², a change of 213.9%. The highest value was 322 in 2024 and the lowest 103 in 1961. The comparison below sets Vietnam against 9 neighbouring economies on the latest available year.
Using it in a thesis
Indicators like this one are typical control or explanatory variables in macro and finance theses: merge the CSV with your other series on the year column, check for missing years before running a regression, and log-transform level variables that grow over time. If you use the series in a panel with other countries, take every country from the same source and vintage so the definitions match. Cite the original publisher, not this site, as shown below.
Values by year
| Year | Value (people per km²) |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 322 |
| 2023 | 320 |
| 2022 | 318 |
| 2021 | 316 |
| 2020 | 313 |
| 2019 | 310 |
| 2018 | 307 |
| 2017 | 304 |
| 2016 | 300 |
| 2015 | 296 |
| 2014 | 293 |
| 2013 | 289 |
| 2012 | 286 |
| 2011 | 282 |
| 2010 | 279 |
| 2009 | 276 |
| 2008 | 272 |
| 2007 | 268 |
| 2006 | 263 |
| 2005 | 259 |
| 2004 | 259 |
| 2003 | 257 |
| 2002 | 254 |
| 2001 | 251 |
| 2000 | 248 |
| 1999 | 234 |
| 1998 | 231 |
| 1997 | 228 |
| 1996 | 225 |
| 1995 | 221 |
| 1994 | 218 |
| 1993 | 214 |
| 1992 | 210 |
| 1991 | 206 |
| 1990 | 201 |
| 1989 | 197 |
| 1988 | 193 |
| 1987 | 189 |
| 1986 | 185 |
| 1985 | 181 |
| 1984 | 177 |
| 1983 | 173 |
| 1982 | 169 |
| 1981 | 165 |
| 1980 | 161 |
| 1979 | 158 |
| 1978 | 154 |
| 1977 | 150 |
| 1976 | 147 |
| 1975 | 143 |
| 1974 | 140 |
| 1973 | 136 |
| 1972 | 133 |
| 1971 | 130 |
| 1970 | 127 |
| 1969 | 125 |
| 1968 | 122 |
| 1967 | 119 |
| 1966 | 117 |
| 1965 | 114 |
| 1964 | 111 |
| 1963 | 108 |
| 1962 | 105 |
| 1961 | 103 |
Comparison with other countries
| Country | Latest year | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Vietnam | 2024 | 322 |
| Thailand | 2024 | 140 |
| Indonesia | 2024 | 150 |
| Malaysia | 2024 | 108 |
| Philippines | 2024 | 389 |
| Singapore | 2024 | 8,329 |
| Cambodia | 2024 | 100 |
| Laos | 2024 | 34 |
| Myanmar | 2024 | 84 |
| China | 2024 | 150 |
How to cite (APA 7)
World Bank. (2026). Population density (people per sq. km of land area), Vietnam [Data set]. World Development Indicators. https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/EN.POP.DNST?locations=VN
Licence: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). Retrieved 2026-11-02. The CSV has one row per period
with the variable name en_pop_dnst, ready for Stata, R or SPSS.