Gia Lai is a northern mountainous province in the Central Highlands region, the Central of Vietnam. It borders Quảng Ngãi in the northeast, Đắk Lắk in the south and Ratanakiri of Cambodia in the west.
As of 2023, Gia Lai province is the 18th most populous administrative unit in Vietnam with a population of 1,613,895 people. It ranks 30th in terms of Gross Regional Domestic Product (GRDP), 33rd in per capita GRDP, and 33rd in GRDP growth rate. In 2020, the GRDP reached 80,000.32 billion VND, with a per capita GRDP of 51.9 million VND and a GRDP growth rate of 8.00%.