Vietnamese diaspora
Việt kiều
Người Việt hải ngoại | |
|---|---|
Overseas Vietnamese population by country. Vietnam is marked red. Darker blue represent a larger number of overseas Vietnamese people by percent. | |
| Total population | |
| 5,300,000 (official estimates) | |
| United States | 2,347,000 (2023) |
| Cambodia | 400,000–1,000,000 |
| Japan | 520,154 (2023) |
| France | 400,000 (2022) |
| Australia | 334,781 (2021) |
| South Korea | 305,936 (2025) |
| Canada | 275,530 (2021) |
| Taiwan | 246,973 (2023)–470,000 |
| Germany | 226,000 (2024) |
| Russia | 13,954–150,000 |
| Thailand | 100,000–500,000 |
| Laos | 100,000 |
| United Kingdom | 100,000 |
| Malaysia | 80,000 |
| Czech Republic | 60,000–80,000 |
| Poland | 40,000–50,000 |
| Angola | 40,000 |
| Mainland China | 42,000–303,000/33,112 (2020) |
| Bangladesh | 28,176 (2017) |
| Norway | 28,114 (2022) |
| Netherlands | 24,594 (2021) |
| Sweden | 21,528 (2021) |
| Macau | 20,000 (2018) |
| United Arab Emirates | 20,000 |
| Saudi Arabia | 20,000 |
| Slovakia | 7,235–20,000 |
| Denmark | 16,141 (2022) |
| Singapore | 15,000 |
| Belgium | 12,000–15,000 |
| Finland | 14,008 (2023) |
| Cyprus | 12,000 |
| Hong Kong | 11,000 (2020) |
| New Zealand | 10,086 (2018) |
| Switzerland | 8,000 |
| Qatar | 8,000 |
| Hungary | 7,304 (2016) |
| Ukraine | 7,000 |
| Peru | 6,000 (2024) |
| Ireland | 5,000 |
| Italy | 5,000 |
| Austria | 5,000 |
| Romania | 3,000 |
| Brazil | 2,872 |
| Bulgaria | 2,500 |
| New Caledonia | 2,230 |
| India | 1,000 (2020) |
| Luxembourg | 1,000 (2024) |
| Iceland | 1,000 (2024) |
| Estonia | 1,000 (2024) |
Overseas Vietnamese refers to the Vietnamese diaspora living outside of Vietnam.
The global overseas Vietnamese population is estimated at 5 to 6 million people. The largest communities are in the United States, with over 2.3 million Vietnamese Americans, alongside populations in France, Australia, and Germany. Smaller communities are found in Southeast Asia, particularly in Cambodia.
The Vietnamese diaspora emerged through waves of migration. Migration occurred during the French colonial period in the 19th and 20th centuries, followed by refugee exodus after the Vietnam War in 1975. In later decades, the diaspora grew further through family reunification, economic migration, and educational opportunities.
Overseas Vietnamese continue to maintain some cultural connections, including continued use of the Vietnamese language, observance of traditional festivals such as Tết (Lunar New Year), and familial and economic connections, including approximately $14 billion USD in annual remittances to Vietnam.