NXS-GRX-VNM · South-eastern Asia · Regions

Ho Chi Minh

First-level unit, Viet Nam: people, area, the units inside and neighbours, with risk values when released.

Page GRX-VNM-REdition Baseline Edition 2026Evidence close 2026-09-30ISO VNM / VNStatus UN member stateValues not yet publishedMethod v1.0.0-draft
11,613,812
people (GHSL 2025)
2,100 km²
area
11.8%
of Viet Nam
25
units inside
01Map

Inside Ho Chi Minh

The 25 ADM2 units of Ho Chi Minh.

FIG 1 · 25 units inside Ho Chi Minh
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Units rise with people per km² · GHSL 2025 raster · terrain · ADM1 ADM2Risk values when released
Lowest fifthLow fifthMiddle fifthHigh fifthHighest fifthNo data
Column height and colour show people per km² by unit, in quantile fifths among the units shown (the key on the map gives the breaks); units with no people on the grid are grey, not the lowest class; the raster beneath is the GHSL 2025 population grid. Source observations, not index values. Choose a humanitarian figure from the list to colour and raise the units by it; each figure shows its source on the unit page. Select a unit to drill into the units inside it; the path above the map climbs back.
02Figures

People, area and density

Source observations from open grids summed inside the boundary; not index values.

People · GHSL 2025

11,613,812

11.8% of Viet Nam.

People · WorldPop 2025

10,241,577

-12% against GHSL; the two grids differ in method.

Area

2,100 km²

5,530 people per km².

Code

VN-SG

Subdivision code as carried by the boundary source.

Low coastal zone

9,260,595

people on land at or below 10 m, 79.7% of the unit (GEBCO 2024 and GHSL 2025).

03Humanitarian data

Ho Chi Minh in humanitarian data

Source observations from the Humanitarian Data Exchange, matched to this unit by name, each with its reference date, provider and licence. They are not index values.

Population · 2024-12-31

9,888,878

people. UNFPA · Creative Commons Attribution for Intergovernmental Organisations (CC BY-IGO).

04Units

25 units inside Ho Chi Minh

Each unit has its own page.

Boundary licences: Public Domain · Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Intergovernmental Organisations (CC BY 3.0 IGO)

UnitCodePeople (GHSL)People (WorldPop)Area km²Per km²ShareCoast ≤ 10 m
Binh Chanh–1,474,8351,561,202249.255,9179.7%1,335,613
Binh Tan–573,903600,41152.4410,9443.8%0
Binh Thanh–410,198342,41920.8419,6832.7%0
Can Gio–94,17664,756655.431440.6%66,930
Can Giuoc–194,821275,184216.399001.3%188,042
Cu Chi–642,742633,2154361,4744.2%368,063
Go Vap–700,219534,05119.7835,4004.6%0
Hoc Mon–221,769265,6701042,1321.5%191,330
Nha Be–97,137167,926100.919630.6%80,535
Phu Nhuan–175,586133,9184.9635,4001.1%0
Quan 1–449,653250,0177.7358,1702.9%0
Quan 10–1,770,351984,3545.82304,18411.6%1,485,707
Quan 11–211,594184,7905.2240,5351.4%0
Quan 12–1,532,3521,621,73553.128,85810%1,446,153
Quan 2–734,037456,40949.8614,7224.8%399,163
Quan 3–284,451158,1614.8958,1701.9%0
Quan 4–83,06346,1844.2219,6830.5%0
Quan 5–251,294139,7254.3258,1701.6%0
Quan 6–174,898111,3527.0924,6681.1%0
Quan 7–318,419381,45035.498,9722.1%289,699
Quan 8–750,883478,06119.1439,2314.9%730,270
Quan 9–500,815556,055114.094,3903.3%339,227
Tan Binh–1,077,199821,57122.3848,1327.1%680,114
Tan Phu–1,233,6541,077,37916.0876,7208.1%1,223,978
Thu Duc–1,313,1611,217,10448.3427,1658.6%666,859
05Exposure

Open exposure layers

Count of H3 resolution-3 cells whose centre falls in the unit and that carry each Natural Earth layer.

Urban areas
None at this resolution
Ports
None at this resolution
Airports
None at this resolution
Major roads
None at this resolution
Railways
None at this resolution
Rivers and lakes
None at this resolution
06Risk

Risk values

Values when released. Subnational risk values for Ho Chi Minh publish with the edition from The Global Risks Index. Until then, run a scenario on open data for Viet Nam.
07Neighbours

Neighbouring units

08Sources

Sources, credits and licences

ADM1 boundaries
geoBoundaries (William & Mary geoLab), gbOpen VNM ADM1, source: geoBoundaries, Wikipedia, licence: Public Domain · source · represents 2008
ADM2 boundaries
geoBoundaries (William & Mary geoLab), gbOpen VNM ADM2, source: OCHA ROAP, Government of Viet Nam, licence: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Intergovernmental Organisations (CC BY 3.0 IGO) · source · represents 2020
Basemap
OpenFreeMap © OpenMapTiles (CC BY 4.0) · data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0). Vector tiles requested by the reader’s browser, unmodified; the map falls back to plain land and sea when the host does not answer.
Terrain
Terrain Tiles (Mapzen, AWS Open Data), compiled from SRTM and other public elevation sources (NASA, USGS, ETOPO1, GMTED, EU-DEM under the Copernicus programme, Geoscience Australia, Kartverket, INEGI, LINZ, data.gov.uk). Display relief, not survey data.
People
GHSL 2025 population grid, European Commission Joint Research Centre (CC BY 4.0), shown at 0.05° and summed per unit; WorldPop 2025 (CC BY 4.0) as a second estimate. Units smaller than a grid cell take the density of the cell under them.
Countries
Natural Earth (public domain).
Elevation
GEBCO Compilation Group (2024) GEBCO 2024 Grid (public domain), reduced to 0.05°: the share of each cell’s land at or below 10 m, weighted by GHSL 2025 people for the low coastal zone.
Position
Boundaries are shown for location only and take no position on any boundary, name or status.
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