What is the population of Biên Hòa?
Biên Hòa has a city population of 1,272,235. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.
About Biên Hòa
Vietnam's seventh-largest city by population, Biên Hòa holds 1,272,235 residents and accounts for 1.3% of the national population. It sits 1,126 km from Hanoi and ranks first among eight cities in Dong Nai province. Three cities with populations between 463,000 and 588,000 lie within 12 km, making the area one of concentrated urban settlement.
This summary is AI-generated from the figures on this page. The figures themselves come from the sources cited beside each value.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Rank in region
#1of 8
Elevation
6 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh
Coordinates
10.945, 106.824
Record updated
2026-04-14
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
Nearby Cities
All 301 in VietnamClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.
Compared with the World's Largest Cities
City-proper population against the fifteen largest cities in the dataset.
| Name | City population |
|---|---|
| Shanghai | 24.9M |
| Beijing | 19M |
| Shenzhen | 17.5M |
| Guangzhou | 16.1M |
| Kinshasa | 16M |
| Istanbul | 15.7M |
| Lagos | 15.4M |
| Ho Chi Minh City | 14M |
| Chengdu | 13.6M |
| Lahore | 13M |
| Mumbai | 12.7M |
| São Paulo | 12.4M |
| Mexico City | 12.3M |
| Karachi | 11.6M |
| Tianjin | 11.1M |
| Biên Hòa | 1.27M |
Biên Hòa Population FAQ
Where is Biên Hòa?
Biên Hòa is in Dong Nai, Vietnam, 1,126 km from the capital, Hanoi. Its coordinates are 10.945, 106.824.
How big is Biên Hòa compared with other cities in Vietnam?
It is the 7th largest of the 301 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Vietnam, holding 1.3% of the national population.