Editing Ho Chi Minh City (section)

==Demographics==
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! style="background:  #D3D3D3;" colspan="9" | '''Historical population'''
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! Year
! Area km<sup>2</sup>
! Population
! Person/km<sup>2</sup>
! Urban 
! Rural
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! style="background:  #D3D3D3;" colspan="9" | '''Census'''<ref>'''01.04.1999'''<br>'''01.10.2004'''<br>'''01.04.2009'''<br>'''01.04.2019'''</ref>
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|1999||style="text-align:center"|-||style="text-align:right"|5,034,058||style="text-align:center"|-||4,207,825||style="text-align: right"|826,233
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|2004||style="text-align:center"|-||style="text-align:right"|6,117,251||style="text-align:center"|-||5,140,412||style="text-align: right"|976,839
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|2009||style="text-align:center"|2,097.1||style="text-align:right"|7,162,864||style="text-align:center"|3,416||5,880,615||1,282,249
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|2019||style="text-align:center"|2,061.2||style="text-align:right"|8,993,082||style="text-align:center"|4,363||7,127,364||1,865,718
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! style="background:  #D3D3D3;" colspan="9" | '''Estimate'''
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|2010||style="text-align:center"|2,095.6||style="text-align:right"|7,346,600||style="text-align:center"|3,506||6,114,300||1,232,300
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|2011||style="text-align:center"|2,095.6||style="text-align:right"|7,498,400||style="text-align:center"|3,578||6,238,000||1,260,400
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|2012||style="text-align:center"|2,095.6||style="text-align:right"|7,660,300||style="text-align:center"|3,655||6,309,100||1,351,100
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|2013||style="text-align:center"|2,095.6||style="text-align:right"|7,820,000||style="text-align:center"|3,732||6,479,200||1,340,800
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|2014||style="text-align:center"|2,095.5||style="text-align:right"|7,981,900||style="text-align:center"|3,809||6,554,700||1,427,200
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|2015||style="text-align:center"|2,095.5||style="text-align:right"|8,127,900||style="text-align:center"|3,879||6,632,800||1,495,100
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|2016||style="text-align:center"|2,061.4||style="text-align:right"|8,287,000||style="text-align:center"|4,020||6,733,100||1,553,900
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|2017||style="text-align:center"|2,061.2||style="text-align:right"|8,444,600||style="text-align:center"|4,097||6,825,300||1,619,300
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! colspan=9 style="text-align: center"| '''Sources''':<ref>[http://www.gso.gov.vn/default.aspx?tabid=714 TỔNG CỤC THỐNG KÊ] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181003153734/http://www.gso.gov.vn/default.aspx?tabid=714 |date=3 October 2018}} __gso.gov.vn</ref><ref>[http://www.gso.gov.vn/khodulieudanso2009/ Tổng điều tra dân số và nhà ở năm 2009] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181010015840/http://www.gso.gov.vn/khodulieudanso2009/ |date=10 October 2018}} __gso.gov.vn</ref><ref>[http://www.gso.gov.vn/default_en.aspx?tabid=476&ItemID=1841 GENERAL STATISTICS OFFICE of VIET NAM] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180927050142/http://www.gso.gov.vn/default_en.aspx?tabid=476&ItemID=1841 |date=27 September 2018}} __gso.gov.vn</ref><ref name="Census2019">{{cite web |url=https://drive.google.com/file/d/1YK6iY-j0AfZTuip28Py2Gmz5P8zw04Rn/view?usp=sharing |title=Report on Results of the 2019 Census |publisher=General Statistics Office of Vietnam |access-date=1 May 2020 |archive-date=9 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200509091125/http://tongdieutradanso.vn/uploads/data/6/files/files/2_%20Bieu%20so%20lieu%20va%20phu%20luc%20(duyet%20gui%20in).pdf |url-status=live}}</ref>
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{{historical populations
| source = Tổng cục thống kê Việt Nam{{rp|80}}{{rp|93}}<ref name="dánolonganqacnam">[http://www.gso.gov.vn/default.aspx?tabid=387&idmid=3&ItemID=15569 Dân số trung bình phân theo địa phương qua các năm] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141008010457/http://www.gso.gov.vn/default.aspx?tabid=387&idmid=3&ItemID=15569 |date = ngày 8 tháng 10 năm 2014}}, General Statistics Office of Vietnam.</ref>
| 1995 | 4640400
| 1996 | 4747900
| 1997 | 4852300
| 1998 | 4957300
| 1999 | 5073100
| 2000 | 5274900
| 2001 | 5454000
| 2002 | 5619400
| 2003 | 5809100
| 2004 | 6007600
| 2005 | 6230900
| 2006 | 6483100
| 2007 | 6725300
| 2008 | 6946100
| 2009 | 7196100
| 2010 | 7378000
| 2011 | 7517900
| 2012 | 7663800
| 2013 | 7818200
| 2014 | 8244400
| 2015 | 8307900
| 2016 | 8441902
| 2017 | 8446000
| 2018 | 8843200
| 2019 | 9038600
| 2020 | 9227600
| 2021 | 9166800}}

The population of the city, as of the 1 October 2004 census, was 6,117,251 (of which 19 inner districts had 5,140,412 residents and 5 suburban districts had 976,839 inhabitants).<ref name="Statistical office">{{cite web |url=http://www.pso.hochiminhcity.gov.vn/an_pham/sltkcytphcm/30_so_lieu_thong_ke_chu_yeu |title=Statistical office in Ho Chi Minh City |publisher=Pso.hochiminhcity.gov.vn |access-date=3 April 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100403064035/http://www.pso.hochiminhcity.gov.vn/an_pham/sltkcytphcm/30_so_lieu_thong_ke_chu_yeu |archive-date=3 April 2010}}</ref> 

In mid-2007, the city's population was 6,650,942 – with the 19 inner districts home to 5,564,975 residents and the five suburban districts containing 1,085,967 inhabitants. The result of the 2009 Census shows that the city's population was 7,162,864 people,<ref name="gso.gov.vn">{{cite web |url=http://www.gso.gov.vn/default_en.aspx?tabid=462&idmid=2&idmid=2&ItemID=9789 |title=General Statistics Office of Vietnam |publisher=Gso.gov.vn |access-date=4 October 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716062156/http://www.gso.gov.vn/default_en.aspx?tabid=462&idmid=2&idmid=2&ItemID=9789 |archive-date=16 July 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref> about 8.34% of the total population of Vietnam, making it the highest population-concentrated city in the country. As of the end of 2012, the total population of the city was 7,750,900 people, an increase of 3.1% from 2011.<ref name="gso">{{cite web |url=http://www.gso.gov.vn/default.aspx?tabid=383&idmid=2&ItemID=13495 |title=Tong Cuc Thong Ke |publisher=Gso.gov.vn |access-date=2013-04-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130404200211/http://www.gso.gov.vn/default.aspx?tabid=383&idmid=2&ItemID=13495 |archive-date=4 April 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref> 

As an administrative unit, its population is also the largest at the provincial level. According to the 2019 census, Ho Chi Minh City has a population of over 8.9&nbsp;million within the [[city proper]] and over 21&nbsp;million within its [[Ho Chi Minh City metropolitan area|metropolitan area]].<ref name="2019census">{{cite news |title=Báo cáo sơ bộ Tổng điều tra Dân số và nhà ở 2019 |language=vi |trans-title=General statistics for Population and households investigation 2019 |publisher=General Statistics Office of Vietnam |url=https://www.gso.gov.vn/default.aspx?tabid=512&idmid=5&ItemID=19279 |access-date=20 March 2020 |archive-date=13 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191113154758/https://www.gso.gov.vn/default.aspx?tabid=512&idmid=5&ItemID=19279 |url-status=live}}</ref>

In August 2017, the city's mayor, Nguyễn Thành Phong, admitted that previous estimates of 8–10&nbsp;million were drastic underestimations.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://e.vnexpress.net/news/news/guess-how-many-people-are-jamming-into-saigon-hint-it-s-as-bad-as-tokyo-3628742.html |title=Guess how many people are jamming into Saigon? Hint: It's as bad as Tokyo – VnExpress International |access-date=21 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180321192622/https://e.vnexpress.net/news/news/guess-how-many-people-are-jamming-into-saigon-hint-it-s-as-bad-as-tokyo-3628742.html |archive-date=21 March 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref>
The actual population (including those who have not officially registered) was estimated 13&nbsp;million in 2017.<ref name="trithuctre">{{cite web |url=http://ttvn.vn/kinh-doanh/chu-tich-nguyen-thanh-phong-du-bao-dan-so-tp-ho-chi-minh-den-nam-2025-la-10-trieu-nguoi-nhung-nay-da-dat-13-trieu-nguoi-5201717811412441.htm |title=Chủ tịch Nguyễn Thành Phong: Dự báo dân số Tp. Hồ Chí Minh đến năm 2025 là 10 triệu người nhưng nay đã đạt 13 triệu người (Chairman Nguyễn Thành Phong: The official population of Ho Chi Minh City is estimated to reach 10&nbsp;million by 2025 but this number reached 13&nbsp;million in 2017) |author=Thảo Nguyên |date=17 August 2017 |access-date=17 July 2018 |publisher=Trí thức trẻ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180717071102/http://ttvn.vn/kinh-doanh/chu-tich-nguyen-thanh-phong-du-bao-dan-so-tp-ho-chi-minh-den-nam-2025-la-10-trieu-nguoi-nhung-nay-da-dat-13-trieu-nguoi-5201717811412441.htm |archive-date=17 July 2018 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
The [[Ho Chi Minh City Metropolitan Area]], a metropolitan area covering most parts of the [[southeast (Vietnam)|southeast]] region plus [[Tiền Giang Province]] and [[Long An Province]] under planning, will have an area of {{cvt|30000|km2}} with a population of 20&nbsp;million inhabitants by 2020.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://vneconomy.vn/?home=detail&page=category&cat_name=17&id=7838380a353206 |title=Quy hoạch xây dựng vùng Tp.HCM |date=25 April 2008 |publisher=VnEconomy |access-date=18 June 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080610094253/http://vneconomy.vn/?home=detail&page=category&cat_name=17&id=7838380a353206 |archive-date=10 June 2008 |url-status=live}}</ref> Inhabitants of Ho Chi Minh City are usually known as "Saigonese" in English and "dân Sài Gòn" in Vietnamese.

===Ethnic groups===
The majority of the population are ethnic Vietnamese ([[Kinh]]) at about 93.52%. Ho Chi Minh City's largest minority ethnic group are the Chinese ([[Hoa people|Hoa]]) with 5.78%. [[Cholon, Ho Chi Minh City|Cholon]] – in District 5 and parts of Districts 6, 10, and 11 – is home to the largest Chinese community in Vietnam. The Hoa (Chinese) speak a number of [[varieties of Chinese]], including [[Cantonese]], [[Teochew dialect|Teochew]] (Chaozhou), [[Hokkien]], [[Hainanese]], and [[Hakka Chinese|Hakka]]; smaller numbers also speak [[Mandarin Chinese]]. Other ethnic minorities include [[Khmer people|Khmer]] with 0.34%, [[Chams|Cham]] with 0.1%, as well as a small group of [[Vietnamese Bawean|Bawean]] from [[Bawean Island]] in Indonesia (about 400; as of 2015), they occupy District 1.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/indonesia/majalah/2015/08/150727_majalahlain_bawean_vietnam|title=Menelusuri jejak keturunan Indonesia asal Bawean di Vietnam|website=www.bbc.com|date=2 August 2015 |language=id|access-date=23 May 2023}}</ref>

Various other nationalities including Koreans, Japanese, Americans, Russians, South Africans, Filipinos, French and Britons reside in Ho Chi Minh City as expatriate workers. The highest concentration of which are in  Thủ Đức and District 7.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pso.hochiminhcity.gov.vn/an_pham/dansotphcmqua2cuocdieutra1999_2004/ttkqdtds |title=Cục thống kê – Tóm tắt kết quả điều tra dân số |publisher=Pso.hochiminhcity.gov.vn |date=4 January 2001 |access-date=4 October 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100923071237/http://www.pso.hochiminhcity.gov.vn/an_pham/dansotphcmqua2cuocdieutra1999_2004/ttkqdtds |archive-date=23 September 2010}}</ref>

===Religion===
As of April 2009, the city recognises 13 religions and 1,983,048 residents identify as religious people. Buddhism and [[Catholic Church in Vietnam|Catholicism]] are the two predominant religions in Ho Chi Minh City. The largest is [[Buddhism]] as it has 1,164,930 followers followed by [[Catholicism]] with 745,283 followers, [[Caodaism]] with 31,633 followers, [[Protestantism]] with 27,016 followers, [[Islam]] with 6,580 followers, [[Hòa Hảo]] with 4,894 followers, [[Tịnh độ cư sĩ Phật hội Việt Nam]] with 1,387 followers, [[Hinduism]] with 395 followers, [[Đạo Tứ ấn hiếu nghĩa]] with 298 followers, [[Minh Sư Đạo]] with 283 followers, [[Baháʼí Faith]] with 192 followers, [[Bửu Sơn Kỳ Hương]] with 89 followers, [[MinhLýĐạo|Minh Lý Đạo]] with 67 followers.<ref>[https://www.gso.gov.vn/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/KQ-toan-bo-1.pdf THE 2009 VIETNAM POPULATION AND HOUSING CENSUS] Tổng cục Thống kê Việt Nam.  Table 7, §79.</ref>