Largest cities in Mexico by population
The 107 cities the United Nations Demographic Yearbook 2024 lists for Mexico: the capital and every city of 100,000 or more, with the latest figure the country reported. The largest is Mexico, Ciudad De with 22,160,289 people.
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| # | City | Population | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mexico, Ciudad De (capital) | 22,160,289 | 1 July 2024 |
| 2 | Monterrey | 5,860,795 | 1 July 2024 |
| 3 | Guadalajara | 5,437,212 | 1 July 2024 |
| 4 | Puebla-Tlaxcala | 2,962,230 | 1 July 2024 |
| 5 | Toluca | 2,509,279 | 1 July 2024 |
| 6 | Tijuana | 2,239,664 | 1 July 2024 |
| 7 | León | 2,083,208 | 1 July 2024 |
| 8 | Querétaro | 1,754,856 | 1 July 2024 |
| 9 | Juárez | 1,593,240 | 1 July 2024 |
| 10 | Mérida | 1,450,754 | 1 July 2024 |
| 11 | La Laguna | 1,446,494 | 1 July 2024 |
| 12 | San Luis Potosí-Soledad de Graciano Sánchez | 1,338,507 | 1 July 2024 |
| 13 | Aguascalientes | 1,239,335 | 1 July 2024 |
| 14 | Cuernavaca | 1,171,572 | 1 July 2024 |
| 15 | Saltillo | 1,131,897 | 1 July 2024 |
| 16 | Mexicali | 1,099,945 | 1 July 2024 |
| 17 | Culiacán Rosales | 1,069,768 | 1 July 2024 |
| 18 | Cancún | 1,065,760 | 1 July 2024 |
| 19 | Morelia | 1,062,416 | 1 July 2024 |
| 20 | Chihuahua | 1,049,665 | 1 July 2024 |
| 21 | Hermosillo | 1,006,739 | 1 July 2024 |
| 22 | Tampico | 956,766 | 1 July 2024 |
| 23 | Veracruz | 926,468 | 1 July 2024 |
| 24 | Tuxtla Gutiérrez | 897,976 | 1 July 2024 |
| 25 | Reynosa-Río Bravo | 887,065 | 1 July 2024 |
| 26 | Villahermosa | 868,387 | 1 July 2024 |
| 27 | Xalapa | 833,930 | 1 July 2024 |
| 28 | Oaxaca | 792,799 | 1 July 2024 |
| 29 | Acapulco | 775,341 | 1 July 2024 |
| 30 | Victoria de Durango | 737,756 | 1 July 2024 |
| 31 | Celaya | 716,906 | 1 July 2024 |
| 32 | Tlaxcala | 711,653 | 1 July 2024 |
| 33 | Pachuca | 682,187 | 1 July 2024 |
| 34 | Irapuato | 621,140 | 1 July 2024 |
| 35 | Matamoros | 565,230 | 1 July 2024 |
| 36 | Mazatlán | 529,815 | 1 July 2024 |
| 37 | Puerto Vallarta | 527,482 | 1 July 2024 |
| 38 | Tepic | 518,988 | 1 July 2024 |
| 39 | Orizaba | 484,061 | 1 July 2024 |
| 40 | Los Mochis | 478,199 | 1 July 2024 |
| 41 | Playa del Carmen | 452,030 | 1 July 2024 |
| 42 | Ciudad Obregón | 448,137 | 1 July 2024 |
| 43 | Nuevo Laredo | 443,115 | 1 July 2024 |
| 44 | Zacatecas-Guadalupe | 437,688 | 1 July 2024 |
| 45 | Ensenada | 434,706 | 1 July 2024 |
| 46 | Tapachula de Cordova y Ordoñez | 417,021 | 1 July 2024 |
| 47 | Los Cabos | 411,435 | 1 July 2024 |
| 48 | Monclova-Frontera | 389,516 | 1 July 2024 |
| 49 | Tehuacán | 385,967 | 1 July 2024 |
| 50 | Cuautla | 375,353 | 1 July 2024 |
| 51 | Uruapan | 375,306 | 1 July 2024 |
| 52 | Ciudad Victoria | 361,737 | 1 July 2024 |
| 53 | Coatzacoalcos | 359,274 | 1 July 2024 |
| 54 | Chilpacingo de los Bravo | 358,701 | 1 July 2024 |
| 55 | Córdoba | 349,129 | 1 July 2024 |
| 56 | Colima-Villa de Álvarez | 346,785 | 1 July 2024 |
| 57 | Poza Rica | 339,591 | 1 July 2024 |
| 58 | San Martín Texmelucan | 339,409 | 1 July 2024 |
| 59 | Minatitlán | 322,253 | 1 July 2024 |
| 60 | La Paz | 310,603 | 1 July 2024 |
| 61 | Campeche | 309,791 | 1 July 2024 |
| 62 | San Juan del Río | 297,804 | 2020 census |
| 63 | Salamanca | 273,417 | 2020 census |
| 64 | Heroica Nogales | 264,782 | 2020 census |
| 65 | Ciudad Del Carmen | 248,845 | 2020 census |
| 66 | Fresnillo | 240,532 | 2020 census |
| 67 | Chetumal | 233,648 | 2020 census |
| 68 | San Cristóbal de las Casas | 215,874 | 2020 census |
| 69 | Zamora-Jacona | 204,860 | 2020 census |
| 70 | Silao | 203,556 | 2020 census |
| 71 | San Luis Rio Colorado | 199,021 | 2020 census |
| 72 | Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas | 196,003 | 2020 census |
| 73 | Guanajuato | 194,500 | 2020 census |
| 74 | Manzanillo | 191,031 | 2020 census |
| 75 | Cuauhtemoc | 180,638 | 2020 census |
| 76 | Ciudad Valles | 179,371 | 2020 census |
| 77 | Piedras Negras | 176,327 | 2020 census |
| 78 | Lagos de Moreno | 172,403 | 2020 census |
| 79 | Tulancingo | 168,369 | 2020 census |
| 80 | Comitán de Domínguez | 166,178 | 2020 census |
| 81 | Navojoa | 164,387 | 2020 census |
| 82 | Ciudad Acuña | 163,058 | 2020 census |
| 83 | San Juan Bautista Tuxtepec | 159,452 | 2020 census |
| 84 | Guaymas | 156,863 | 2020 census |
| 85 | Túxpan de Rodríguez Cano | 154,600 | 2020 census |
| 86 | Iguala de la Independencia | 154,173 | 2020 census |
| 87 | Delicias | 150,506 | 2020 census |
| 88 | Tepatitlán De Morelos | 150,190 | 2020 census |
| 89 | Apatzingán de la Constitución | 126,191 | 2020 census |
| 90 | Hidalgo del Parral | 116,662 | 2020 census |
| 91 | Tecomán | 116,305 | 2020 census |
| 92 | Ciudad Guzmán | 115,141 | 2020 census |
| 93 | Juchitán | 113,570 | 2020 census |
| 94 | La Piedad-Pénjamo | 106,490 | 2020 census |
| 95 | Ocotlán | 106,050 | 2020 census |
| 96 | Huauchinango | 103,946 | 2020 census |
| 97 | Teziutlán | 103,583 | 2020 census |
| 98 | Matehuala | 102,199 | 2020 census |
| 99 | Huamantla | 98,764 | 2020 census |
| 100 | Rioverde-Ciudad Fernández | 97,943 | 2020 census |
| 101 | Caborca | 89,122 | 2020 census |
| 102 | Valladolid | 85,460 | 2020 census |
| 103 | Tianguistenco | 84,259 | 2020 census |
| 104 | Acayucan | 80,815 | 2020 census |
| 105 | Sahuayo | 78,477 | 2020 census |
| 106 | Sabinas | 64,811 | 2020 census |
| 107 | Moroleón Uriangato - Moroleón-Uriangato | 47,261 | 2020 census |
Countries define a city in different ways (the city proper, or the wider urban area) and report in different years, so cities in different countries are not always comparable.
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Sources
- United Nations Statistics Division: Demographic Yearbook 2024, Table 8: Population of capital cities and cities of 100 000 or more inhabitants, latest available year, 2005-2024, read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 0c6784df022e…)
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