What is the population of Da Nang?
Da Nang has a city population of 1,276,000. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.
City profile · Vietnam · Asia
Da Nang
City population
1,276,000
#6
in Vietnam
#1
in Da Nang City
#398
worldwide
16.068, 108.221 · 606 km from Hanoi
About Da Nang
At 1.3% of Vietnam's population, Da Nang is the country's sixth-largest city but falls short of the concentration seen in most national capitals. The city proper holds 1,276,000 residents, sitting 606 km from Hanoi. Four cities exceed 78,000 people within 6 km, with Thanh Khê the largest at 201,240.
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 14
Elevation
11 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh
Coordinates
16.068, 108.221
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 |
| Da Nang | 1.28M |
Da Nang Population FAQ
Where is Da Nang?
Da Nang is in Da Nang City, Vietnam, 606 km from the capital, Hanoi. Its coordinates are 16.068, 108.221.
How big is Da Nang compared with other cities in Vietnam?
It is the 6th largest of the 301 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Vietnam, holding 1.3% of the national population.