What is the population of Thanh Hóa?
Thanh Hóa has a city population of 850,000. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.
City profile · Vietnam · Asia
Thanh Hóa
City population
850,000
#8
in Vietnam
#1
in Thanh Hoa Province
#656
worldwide
19.800, 105.767 · 136 km from Hanoi
About Thanh Hóa
Surrounded by smaller cities within 40 km, this settlement of 850,000 people ranks eighth among Vietnam's listed cities and holds 0.8% of the national population. Located 136 km from Hanoi, it serves as the largest city in Thanh Hoa Province, with Sầm Sơn at 129,801 people lying 16 km away.
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
5 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Bangkok
Coordinates
19.800, 105.767
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 |
| Thanh Hóa | 850K |
Thanh Hóa Population FAQ
Where is Thanh Hóa?
Thanh Hóa is in Thanh Hoa Province, Vietnam, 136 km from the capital, Hanoi. Its coordinates are 19.800, 105.767.
How big is Thanh Hóa compared with other cities in Vietnam?
It is the 8th largest of the 301 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Vietnam, holding 0.8% of the national population.