Number of Japanese residents in Ho Chi Minh City 2014-2023
As of October 2023, approximately 10.06 thousand Japanese residents were registered in Ho Chi Minh City. Within the the past decade, the size of the Japanese population in the city has been growing steadily each year until it peaked in 2020 at around 12.5 thousand individuals. The current number represents a return to a pre-2018 level.
The statistic, which is based on the information gathered by Japanese diplomatic missions abroad, does not include descendants of Japanese emigrants (nikkeijin) who do not hold Japanese citizenship. People with multiple citizenship are counted.