Data · Population & urbanization
Urban population (% of total population): Vietnam, 1960–2025
- Latest (2025)
- 38.83 %
- Source
- World Bank
- Code
- SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS
- Frequency
- Yearly
Definition
Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. The data are collected and smoothed by United Nations Population Division.
What the series shows
The series runs from 1960 to 2025 (66 years of data). It moved from 15.27 to 38.83 %, a change of 154.4%. The highest value was 38.83 in 2025 and the lowest 15.27 in 1960. 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 (%) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 38.83 |
| 2024 | 38.49 |
| 2023 | 38.13 |
| 2022 | 37.55 |
| 2021 | 36.65 |
| 2020 | 35.57 |
| 2019 | 34.62 |
| 2018 | 33.94 |
| 2017 | 33.36 |
| 2016 | 32.85 |
| 2015 | 32.38 |
| 2014 | 31.95 |
| 2013 | 31.53 |
| 2012 | 31.12 |
| 2011 | 30.70 |
| 2010 | 30.25 |
| 2009 | 29.76 |
| 2008 | 29.22 |
| 2007 | 28.65 |
| 2006 | 28.05 |
| 2005 | 27.43 |
| 2004 | 26.80 |
| 2003 | 26.17 |
| 2002 | 25.55 |
| 2001 | 24.95 |
| 2000 | 24.37 |
| 1999 | 23.82 |
| 1998 | 23.28 |
| 1997 | 22.69 |
| 1996 | 22.07 |
| 1995 | 21.45 |
| 1994 | 20.86 |
| 1993 | 20.31 |
| 1992 | 19.83 |
| 1991 | 19.44 |
| 1990 | 19.17 |
| 1989 | 19.05 |
| 1988 | 19.05 |
| 1987 | 19.05 |
| 1986 | 19.06 |
| 1985 | 19.07 |
| 1984 | 19.08 |
| 1983 | 19.10 |
| 1982 | 19.11 |
| 1981 | 19.14 |
| 1980 | 19.16 |
| 1979 | 19.19 |
| 1978 | 19.24 |
| 1977 | 19.64 |
| 1976 | 20.43 |
| 1975 | 20.55 |
| 1974 | 20.51 |
| 1973 | 20.54 |
| 1972 | 20.60 |
| 1971 | 20.66 |
| 1970 | 20.69 |
| 1969 | 20.63 |
| 1968 | 20.11 |
| 1967 | 19.29 |
| 1966 | 18.35 |
| 1965 | 17.54 |
| 1964 | 16.95 |
| 1963 | 16.51 |
| 1962 | 16.12 |
| 1961 | 15.72 |
| 1960 | 15.27 |
Comparison with other countries
| Country | Latest year | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Vietnam | 2025 | 38.83 |
| Thailand | 2025 | 62.80 |
| Indonesia | 2025 | 59.39 |
| Malaysia | 2025 | 77.39 |
| Philippines | 2025 | 55.77 |
| Singapore | 2025 | 100.00 |
| Cambodia | 2025 | 41.11 |
| Laos | 2025 | 40.31 |
| Myanmar | 2025 | 30.58 |
| China | 2025 | 66.34 |
How to cite (APA 7)
World Bank. (2026). Urban population (% of total population), Vietnam [Data set]. World Development Indicators. https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS?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 sp_urb_totl_in_zs, ready for Stata, R or SPSS.