Overseas Vietnamese
Việt kiều
Người Việt hải ngoại | |
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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 |
| Ireland | 5,000 |
| Italy | 5,000 |
| Austria | 5,000 |
| Romania | 3,000 |
| Bulgaria | 2,500 |
| New Caledonia | 2,230 |
| India | 1,000 (2020) |
| Brazil | 888 (2024) |
| Belarus | 700–1,000 |
| Kuwait | 400 (2015) |
| Philippines | 351 (2010) |
| Ivory Coast | 300 |
| Languages | |
| Vietnamese | |
Overseas Vietnamese (Vietnamese: người Việt hải ngoại, Việt kiều, or kiều bào) 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 significant populations in France, Australia, and Germany. Smaller but historically important communities are also found in Southeast Asia, particularly in Cambodia.
The Vietnamese diaspora emerged through several major waves of migration. Early migration occurred during the French colonial period in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, followed by large-scale 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 strong cultural connections, including continued use of the Vietnamese language, observance of traditional festivals such as Tết (Lunar New Year), and close familial and economic connections, including approximately $14 billion USD in annual remittances to Vietnam.