What is the population of Huế?
Huế has a city population of 1,380,000. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.
City profile · Vietnam · Asia
Huế
Thua Thien Hue Province · Vietnam
City population
1,380,000
#5
in Vietnam
#1
in Thua Thien Hue Province
#364
worldwide
16.462, 107.595 · 540 km from Hanoi
About Huế
Vietnam's fifth-largest city, Huế holds 1.4% of the national population at 1,380,000. Located 540 km from Hanoi, it dominates Thua Thien Hue Province as its largest settlement. Three cities with populations between 72,000 and 115,000 lie within 28 km.
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
Thua Thien Hue Province
Rank in region
#1of 4
Elevation
8 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Bangkok
Coordinates
16.462, 107.595
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 |
| Huế | 1.38M |
Huế Population FAQ
Where is Huế?
Huế is in Thua Thien Hue Province, Vietnam, 540 km from the capital, Hanoi. Its coordinates are 16.462, 107.595.
How big is Huế compared with other cities in Vietnam?
It is the 5th largest of the 301 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Vietnam, holding 1.4% of the national population.