Which has higher population in largest city, Korea, Republic of or Viet Nam?

Korea, Republic of, at 10.03 million against 9.82 million in Viet Nam as of 2025.

What is the difference in population in largest city between Korea, Republic of and Viet Nam?

209,480, with Korea, Republic of ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Korea, Republic of and Viet Nam?

66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.

Where does this data come from?

World Urbanization Prospects 2018, United Nations (UN), published as Population in largest city. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Korea, Republic of vs Viet Nam: Population in largest city

Korea, Republic of

10.03 million

in 2025

Viet Nam

9.82 million

in 2025

Korea, Republic of rank

22nd

Viet Nam rank

24th

Population in largest city over time

Korea, Republic of
Viet Nam

How they compare

Korea, Republic of currently reports 10.03 million against 9.82 million in Viet Nam, a difference of 209,480.

Across all 66 years both countries report, Korea, Republic of has been ahead every year.

Korea, Republic of ranks 22nd and Viet Nam ranks 24th of 153 countries.

Korea, Republic of has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Korea, Republic of	Viet Nam	Difference	Ahead
1960s	3.44 million	1.64 million	1.80 million	Korea, Republic of
1970s	6.64 million	2.31 million	4.33 million	Korea, Republic of
1980s	9.24 million	2.81 million	6.43 million	Korea, Republic of
1990s	10.28 million	3.61 million	6.67 million	Korea, Republic of
2000s	9.83 million	5.15 million	4.68 million	Korea, Republic of
2010s	9.88 million	7.25 million	2.63 million	Korea, Republic of
2020s	9.99 million	9.20 million	783,937	Korea, Republic of

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher population in largest city, Korea, Republic of or Viet Nam?: Korea, Republic of, at 10.03 million against 9.82 million in Viet Nam as of 2025.
What is the difference in population in largest city between Korea, Republic of and Viet Nam?: 209,480, with Korea, Republic of ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Korea, Republic of and Viet Nam?: 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
How do Korea, Republic of and Viet Nam rank globally for population in largest city?: Korea, Republic of ranks 22nd and Viet Nam ranks 24th of 153 countries.
Where does this data come from?: World Urbanization Prospects 2018, United Nations (UN), published as Population in largest city. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Population in largest city
Source: World Urbanization Prospects 2018, United Nations (UN)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 153 places, 10,098 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

Population in largest city is the urban population living in the country's largest metropolitan area.