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City profile · Vietnam · Asia

Cần Thơ

Can Tho City · Vietnam
City population
1,507,187
#4
in Vietnam
#1
in Can Tho City
#314
worldwide
HanoiCần Thơ
10.037, 105.788 · 1,222 km from Hanoi
City population
1,507,187
Within the city boundary, not a metro area
Rank in Vietnam
#4
of 301 cities of 15,000+
World rank
#314
of 31,365 cities listed
Share of Vietnam
1.5%
of the national population

About Cần Thơ

Ranking 314th globally, Cần Thơ holds 1.5% of Vietnam's population at 1,507,187. It is the fourth-largest city in Vietnam and sits 1,222 km from Hanoi. Four cities with populations between 86,000 and 130,000 lie within 20 km, with Bình Minh just 5 km away.

This summary is AI-generated from the figures on this page. The figures themselves come from the sources cited beside each value.

Position in Vietnam
#4of 301
LargestSmallest
Position in Can Tho City
#1of 17
LargestSmallest

Key Facts

Country
Vietnam
Region
Can Tho City
Rank in region
#1of 17
Distance to capital
1,222 km
to Hanoi
Elevation
3 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh
Coordinates
10.037, 105.788
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 Vietnam

Closest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.

5KMBình Minh95K people6KMCái Răng86K people7KMBình Thủy114K people14KMPhong Điền98K people20KMÔ Môn130K people

Compared with the World's Largest Cities

City-proper population against the fifteen largest cities in the dataset.

  1. Shanghai24.9M
  2. Beijing19M
  3. Shenzhen17.5M
  4. Guangzhou16.1M
  5. Kinshasa16M
  6. Istanbul15.7M
  7. Lagos15.4M
  8. Ho Chi Minh City14M
  9. Chengdu13.6M
  10. Lahore13M
  11. Mumbai12.7M
  12. São Paulo12.4M
  13. Mexico City12.3M
  14. Karachi11.6M
  15. Tianjin11.1M
  16. Cần Thơ1.51M
City-proper figures only. Administrative boundaries differ between countries, so these are not directly comparable to metropolitan-area estimates.
Cần Thơ compared with the fifteen largest cities
NameCity population
Shanghai24.9M
Beijing19M
Shenzhen17.5M
Guangzhou16.1M
Kinshasa16M
Istanbul15.7M
Lagos15.4M
Ho Chi Minh City14M
Chengdu13.6M
Lahore13M
Mumbai12.7M
São Paulo12.4M
Mexico City12.3M
Karachi11.6M
Tianjin11.1M
Cần Thơ1.51M

Cần Thơ Population FAQ

What is the population of Cần Thơ?

Cần Thơ has a city population of 1,507,187. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.

Where is Cần Thơ?

Cần Thơ is in Can Tho City, Vietnam, 1,222 km from the capital, Hanoi. Its coordinates are 10.037, 105.788.

How big is Cần Thơ compared with other cities in Vietnam?

It is the 4th largest of the 301 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Vietnam, holding 1.5% of the national population.

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