Viet Nam - Urban Population 2012
31.12%
+0.42% from 2011
Viet Nam's urban population was 31.12% in 2012, increased +0.42% from 30.70% in 2011. This was the 32nd highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2012▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Burundi | 12.22% | 5.7% |
| 2nd | Papua New Guinea | 13.01% | 0.1% |
| 3rd | Liechtenstein | 14.41% | 0.0% |
| 4th | Malawi | 15.63% | 0.5% |
| 5th | Niger | 16.21% | -0.1% |
| 6th | Rwanda | 16.94% | 0.1% |
| 7th | South Sudan | 18.03% | 1.4% |
| 8th | Sri Lanka | 18.26% | 2.7% |
| 9th | St. Lucia | 18.62% | 0.8% |
| 10th | Samoa | 19.48% | -0.7% |
| 11th | Uganda | 21.37% | 6.6% |
| 12th | Solomon Islands | 21.39% | 3.2% |
| 13th | Chad | 22.11% | 0.7% |
| 14th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 22.29% | 0.0% |
| 15th | Eswatini | 22.62% | 0.7% |
| 16th | Afghanistan | 23.34% | 2.3% |
| 17th | Tonga | 23.46% | 0.0% |
| 18th | Cambodia | 23.94% | 7.0% |
| 19th | Mali | 24.16% | 2.2% |
| 20th | Burkina Faso | 24.80% | 1.4% |
| 21st | Vanuatu | 24.82% | 0.1% |
| 22nd | Antigua and Barbuda | 25.46% | -0.9% |
| 23rd | Guyana | 26.40% | 0.0% |
| 24th | Tajikistan | 26.41% | -0.3% |
| 25th | Madagascar | 28.40% | 0.9% |
| 26th | Bangladesh | 28.48% | 1.3% |
| 27th | Myanmar | 29.40% | 0.4% |
| 28th | Comoros | 29.40% | 1.0% |
| 29th | Tanzania | 29.49% | 2.2% |
| 30th | Timor-Leste | 29.61% | -0.1% |
| 31st | Lesotho | 29.90% | 4.5% |
| 32nd | Viet Nam | 31.12% | 1.4% |
| 33rd | Yemen, Republic of | 31.20% | 0.9% |
| 34th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 31.20% | 0.0% |
| 35th | Mozambique | 31.43% | 0.7% |
| 36th | India | 31.59% | 1.0% |
| 37th | Lao PDR | 31.74% | 1.7% |
| 38th | Kenya | 31.86% | 0.0% |
| 39th | Channel Islands | 32.44% | 0.4% |
| 40th | Zimbabwe | 32.79% | 0.1% |
| 41st | Sudan | 33.14% | 0.7% |
| 42nd | Guinea | 34.33% | 0.8% |
| 43rd | Bhutan | 35.02% | 1.6% |
| 44th | Pakistan | 35.22% | 0.6% |
| 45th | Kyrgyz Republic | 35.22% | -0.1% |
| 46th | Eritrea | 35.68% | 0.0% |
| 47th | Grenada | 35.87% | 0.0% |
| 48th | Faroe Islands | 37.32% | 0.1% |
| 49th | Maldives | 37.48% | 0.9% |
| 50th | Kosovo | 38.23% | 0.5% |
| 51st | Togo | 38.42% | 1.1% |
| 52nd | Central African Republic | 39.03% | 0.6% |
| 53rd | Moldova | 39.36% | 0.0% |
| 54th | Sierra Leone | 39.46% | 1.1% |
| 55th | Mauritius | 40.04% | -0.3% |
| 56th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 40.18% | 1.0% |
| 57th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 40.27% | 2.3% |
| 58th | Zambia | 40.77% | 1.0% |
| 59th | Guinea-Bissau | 40.87% | 1.1% |
| 60th | Seychelles | 42.73% | 0.1% |
| 61st | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 42.81% | -0.1% |
| 62nd | Namibia | 43.38% | 1.8% |
| 63rd | Benin | 44.05% | 1.3% |
| 64th | Senegal | 44.54% | 1.1% |
| 65th | Belize | 44.69% | -0.6% |
| 66th | Thailand | 45.37% | 1.3% |
| 67th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 46.31% | 0.3% |
| 68th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 46.37% | 0.7% |
| 69th | Turkmenistan | 46.96% | 0.0% |
| 70th | Haiti | 47.43% | 1.5% |
| 71st | British Virgin Islands | 47.54% | 1.3% |
| 72nd | Philippines | 47.92% | 2.6% |
| 73rd | Côte d'Ivoire | 48.12% | 0.9% |
| 74th | Mauritania | 48.27% | 2.4% |
| 75th | Liberia | 49.18% | 1.1% |
| 76th | Kiribati | 49.58% | 0.9% |
| 77th | Slovenia | 49.76% | -0.4% |
| 78th | Indonesia | 51.16% | 1.3% |
| 79th | Uzbekistan | 51.34% | 0.0% |
| 80th | Cameroon | 51.59% | 0.7% |
| 81st | Ghana | 51.92% | 1.1% |
| 82nd | Isle of Man | 52.06% | 0.1% |
| 83rd | Guatemala | 52.35% | 0.9% |
| 84th | Honduras | 52.66% | 1.3% |
| 85th | Fiji | 53.04% | 1.0% |
| 86th | China | 53.10% | 2.5% |
| 87th | Nigeria | 53.30% | 1.5% |
| 88th | Azerbaijan | 53.81% | 0.6% |
| 89th | Albania | 53.86% | 1.1% |
| 90th | Trinidad and Tobago | 53.93% | 0.0% |
| 91st | Romania | 53.96% | 0.0% |
| 92nd | Jamaica | 54.25% | 0.5% |
| 93rd | Slovak Republic | 54.28% | -0.3% |
| 94th | Kazakhstan | 54.69% | 0.5% |
| 95th | Croatia | 55.30% | 0.0% |
| 96th | Georgia | 56.17% | 0.9% |
| 97th | Tuvalu | 56.90% | 1.5% |
| 98th | Nicaragua | 57.23% | 0.3% |
| 99th | Gambia, The | 57.32% | 1.1% |
| 100th | North Macedonia | 58.39% | 0.3% |
| 101st | Equatorial Guinea | 59.01% | 5.4% |
| 102nd | Barbados | 59.24% | 0.0% |
| 103rd | Serbia | 59.35% | -0.1% |
| 104th | Morocco | 59.43% | 0.9% |
| 105th | Paraguay | 59.92% | 0.4% |
| 106th | Poland | 60.63% | -0.2% |
| 107th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 60.68% | 0.3% |
| 108th | Portugal | 61.14% | 0.0% |
| 109th | Angola | 61.51% | 1.1% |
| 110th | French Polynesia | 61.53% | 0.4% |
| 111th | Ireland | 62.25% | 0.3% |
| 112th | Congo, Republic of | 62.72% | 0.3% |
| 113th | Ecuador | 62.84% | 0.1% |
| 114th | South Africa | 62.96% | 0.2% |
| 115th | Nepal | 63.66% | 0.8% |
| 116th | Cabo Verde | 63.73% | 1.6% |
| 117th | Aruba | 63.83% | -0.3% |
| 118th | Armenia | 64.33% | 0.0% |
| 119th | Botswana | 64.40% | 0.6% |
| 120th | Montenegro | 64.52% | 0.2% |
| 121st | Syrian Arab Republic | 65.09% | 11.3% |
| 122nd | Panama | 65.28% | 0.1% |
| 123rd | Suriname | 66.31% | -0.1% |
| 124th | New Caledonia | 66.74% | 0.0% |
| 125th | Lithuania | 66.85% | 0.2% |
| 126th | São Tomé and Principe | 67.03% | 0.5% |
| 127th | Austria | 67.21% | 0.1% |
| 128th | Tunisia | 67.21% | 0.4% |
| 129th | El Salvador | 67.22% | 1.3% |
| 130th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 67.26% | 0.6% |
| 131st | Cyprus | 67.30% | -0.1% |
| 132nd | Latvia | 67.83% | 0.0% |
| 133rd | Mongolia | 67.95% | 0.0% |
| 134th | Estonia | 67.96% | 0.1% |
| 135th | Algeria | 68.34% | 0.9% |
| 136th | Dominica | 68.75% | 0.5% |
| 137th | Italy | 68.76% | 0.5% |
| 138th | Ukraine | 68.82% | 0.1% |
| 139th | Iraq | 69.22% | 0.1% |
| 140th | Hungary | 69.58% | 0.1% |
| 141st | Finland | 70.37% | 0.4% |
| 142nd | Djibouti | 70.73% | 0.1% |
| 143rd | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 71.76% | 0.8% |
| 144th | Malaysia | 71.97% | 0.8% |
| 145th | Bulgaria | 72.77% | 0.2% |
| 146th | Czechia | 73.22% | -0.1% |
| 147th | European Union | 73.35% | 0.2% |
| 148th | Costa Rica | 73.39% | 0.8% |
| 149th | Switzerland | 73.75% | 0.1% |
| 150th | Türkiye | 73.78% | 3.9% |
| 151st | Russian Federation | 73.97% | 0.2% |
| 152nd | Dominican Republic | 74.24% | 0.0% |
| 153rd | Marshall Islands | 74.27% | 0.6% |
| 154th | Brunei Darussalam | 75.27% | -0.1% |
| 155th | Belarus | 75.53% | 0.6% |
| 156th | Oman | 76.09% | 0.6% |
| 157th | Mexico | 76.66% | 0.1% |
| 158th | Cuba | 76.78% | 0.1% |
| 159th | Greece | 76.87% | 0.3% |
| 160th | Colombia | 76.94% | 0.1% |
| 161st | France | 77.17% | 0.1% |
| 162nd | Peru | 78.65% | 0.8% |
| 163rd | Spain | 78.85% | 0.2% |
| 164th | Norway | 79.49% | 0.2% |
| 165th | Germany | 80.39% | 0.1% |
| 166th | United States | 80.68% | 0.0% |
| 167th | Palau | 81.13% | 0.2% |
| 168th | Canada | 81.15% | 0.1% |
| 169th | United Kingdom | 81.29% | 0.2% |
| 170th | Korea | 81.91% | -0.1% |
| 171st | Bahamas, The | 82.39% | 0.0% |
| 172nd | Saudi Arabia | 82.43% | 0.2% |
| 173rd | United Arab Emirates | 83.76% | 0.2% |
| 174th | West Bank and Gaza | 84.55% | 0.4% |
| 175th | Greenland | 84.89% | 0.4% |
| 176th | Brazil | 84.90% | 0.3% |
| 177th | Jordan | 84.96% | 1.7% |
| 178th | Belgium | 85.49% | 0.3% |
| 179th | Sweden | 85.63% | 0.3% |
| 180th | American Samoa | 85.72% | -0.4% |
| 181st | New Zealand | 85.78% | -0.1% |
| 182nd | Australia | 86.45% | 0.1% |
| 183rd | Gabon | 86.88% | 0.4% |
| 184th | Chile | 87.08% | 0.1% |
| 185th | Denmark | 87.23% | 0.1% |
| 186th | Lebanon | 88.02% | 0.2% |
| 187th | Libya | 88.07% | 0.0% |
| 188th | Netherlands | 88.53% | 0.6% |
| 189th | Andorra | 88.63% | -0.1% |
| 190th | Luxembourg | 89.44% | 0.5% |
| 191st | Japan | 91.03% | 0.2% |
| 192nd | Turks and Caicos Islands | 91.04% | 0.3% |
| 193rd | Northern Mariana Islands | 91.10% | 0.1% |
| 194th | Argentina | 91.20% | 0.1% |
| 195th | Curaçao | 91.28% | 0.0% |
| 196th | Israel | 91.73% | 0.0% |
| 197th | Iceland | 93.51% | 0.1% |
| 198th | Puerto Rico (US) | 93.76% | 0.0% |
| 199th | Guam | 94.08% | 0.0% |
| 200th | Malta | 94.36% | 0.0% |
| 201st | Virgin Islands (US) | 94.74% | 0.1% |
| 202nd | Uruguay | 94.76% | 0.2% |
| 203rd | San Marino | 97.10% | 0.0% |
| 204th | Qatar | 98.74% | 0.1% |
| 205th | Bahrain | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 206th | Bermuda | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 207th | Cayman Islands | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 208th | Gibraltar | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 209th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 210th | Kuwait | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 211th | Macao SAR, China | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 212th | St. Martin (French part) | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 213th | Monaco | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 214th | Nauru | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 215th | Singapore | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 216th | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 100.00% | 0.0% |
FAQ
What was Viet Nam's urban population in 2012?▾
Viet Nam's urban population in 2012 was 31.12%. This ranked 32nd globally.
How did Viet Nam's urban population change in 2012?▾
Viet Nam's urban population increased by 1.4% in 2012 compared to 2011.
Which country had the highest urban population in 2012?▾
Bahrain had the highest urban population in 2012 at 100.00%.
What is the urban population of Viet Nam in 2012?▾
The urban population of Viet Nam in 2012 was 31.12%. This ranked 32nd globally.
How does 2012 compare to 2011 for Viet Nam's urban population?▾
Viet Nam's urban population went from 30.70% in 2011 to 31.12% in 2012, a 1.4% increase.
HistorySaid - pattern alert
Viet Nam matched the Export Boom Cycle pattern in 2012. Historically: 768 occurrences, 546 successful (71%). Outcome 24 months later: 6.4%. View full analysis →
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