Largest Cities by Population in Mexico

129 cities in Mexico with 100,000 or more inhabitants, ranked by population at the census of March 15, 2020 (by National Institute of Statistics, Geography and Informatics, Mexico).

Rank	City	Also Known As	Population
1	Mexico City	Ciudad de México	8,843,706
2	Tijuana	-	1,810,645
3	Ecatepec de Morelos	-	1,643,623
4	León	León de los Aldama	1,579,803
5	Puebla	Heróica Puebla de Zaragoza	1,542,232
6	Ciudad Juárez	Juárez	1,501,551
7	Guadalajara	-	1,385,621
8	Zapopan	-	1,257,547
9	Monterrey	-	1,142,952
10	Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl	Nezahualcóyotl	1,072,676
11	Chihuahua	-	925,762
12	Mérida	-	921,771
13	Naucalpan de Juárez	-	911,168
14	Cancún	-	888,797
15	Saltillo	-	864,431
16	Aguascalientes	-	863,893
17	Hermosillo	-	855,563
18	Mexicali	-	854,186
19	San Luis Potosí	-	845,941
20	Culiacán	Culiacán Rosales	808,416
21	Querétaro	Santiago de Querétaro	794,789
22	Morelia	-	743,275
23	Chimalhuacán	-	703,215
24	Reynosa	-	691,557
25	Torreón	-	690,193
26	Tlalnepantla	-	658,907
27	Acapulco	Acapulco de Juárez	658,609
28	Tlaquepaque	-	650,123
29	Guadalupe	-	635,862
30	Durango	Victoria de Durango	616,068
31	Tuxtla Gutiérrez	-	578,830
32	Veracruz	-	537,963
33	Ciudad Apodaca	-	536,436
34	Ciudad López Mateos	-	523,065
35	Cuautitlán Izcalli	-	515,353
36	Matamoros	Heroica Matamoros	510,739
37	General Escobedo	Ciudad General Escobedo	454,967
38	Irapuato	-	452,090
39	Xalapa-Enríquez	Jalapa	443,063
40	Tonalá	-	442,440
41	Mazatlán	-	441,975
42	Nuevo Laredo	-	416,055
43	San Nicolás de los Garza	-	412,199
44	Ojo de Agua	-	386,290
45	XicoValle de Chalco	-	384,327
46	Celaya	-	378,143
47	Tepic	-	371,387
48	Ixtapaluca	-	368,585
49	Cuernavaca	-	341,029
50	Villahermosa	-	340,060
51	Ciudad Victoria	-	332,100
52	Ensenada	-	330,652
53	Ciudad ObregónCajeme	-	329,404
54	Ciudad Nicolás Romero	-	323,545
55	Soledad de Graciano Sánchez	-	310,192
56	Ciudad Benito Juárez	-	308,285
57	Playa del Carmen	-	304,942
58	Ciudad Santa Catarina	-	304,052
59	Gómez Palacio	-	301,742
60	Uruapan del Progreso	-	299,523
61	Los MochisAhome	-	298,009
62	Pachuca de Soto	-	297,848
63	Tampico	-	297,373
64	Tehuacán	-	293,825
65	San Francisco CoacalcoCoacalco de Berriozábal	-	293,245
66	Nogales	Heroica Nogales	261,137
67	Oaxaca de Juárez	-	258,913
68	La Paz	-	250,141
69	Campeche	San Francisco de Campeche	249,623
70	Monclova	-	237,169
71	García	Villa de García	234,698
72	Chilpancingo de los Bravo	-	225,728
73	Puerto Vallarta	-	224,166
74	Toluca	Toluca de Lerdo	223,876
75	Tapachula de Córdova y Ordóñez	-	217,550
76	Buenavista	-	216,776
77	Coatzacoalcos	-	212,540
78	Ciudad Madero	-	205,933
79	Cabo San Lucas	-	202,694
80	Chicoloapan de Juárez	-	193,532
81	Ciudad del Carmen	-	191,238
82	San Cristóbal de las Casas	-	183,509
83	Poza Rica de Hidalgo	-	180,057
84	San Juan del Río	-	177,719
85	San Luis Río Colorado	-	176,685
86	Chalco de Díaz Covarrubias	-	174,704
87	Jiutepec	-	174,629
88	Piedras Negras	-	173,959
89	Guadalupe	-	170,029
90	ChetumalOthón P. Blanco	-	169,028
91	Miramar	-	161,820
92	Salamanca	-	160,682
93	Ciudad Acuña	-	160,225
94	Manzanillo	-	159,853
95	San Pablo de las Salinas	-	157,998
96	Cuautla de Morelos	-	157,336
97	Zamora de Hidalgo	-	154,546
98	Minatitlán	-	149,162
99	Villa de Álvarez	Ciudad de Villa de Álvarez	147,496
100	Colima	-	146,965
101	Fresnillo	-	143,281
102	Kanasín	-	139,753
103	Hacienda Santa Fe	-	139,174
104	Córdoba	-	139,075
105	Zacatecas	-	138,444
106	Ciudad Valles	-	136,351
107	San José del Cabo	-	136,285
108	Cuauhtémoc	-	135,586
109	Iguala de la Independencia	-	132,854
110	San Pedro Garza García	-	132,128
111	Delicias	-	128,548
112	Navojoa	-	120,926
113	Tepexpan	-	120,778
114	Orizaba	-	120,500
115	Cuautitlán	-	117,995
116	Guaymas	Heroica Guaymas	117,253
117	El Pueblito	-	115,264
118	Ramos Arizpe	-	114,010
119	Hidalgo del Parral	-	113,843
120	Comitán de Domínguez	-	113,479
121	Ciudad Guzmán	-	111,975
122	Lagos de Moreno	-	111,569
123	Río Bravo	Ciudad Río Bravo	111,314
124	Tulancingo de Bravo	-	106,163
125	Temixco	-	104,461
126	San Juan Bautista Tuxtepec	-	103,609
127	Apatzingán de la Constitución	-	102,362
128	Cholula de Rivadavia	-	102,260
129	Rosarito	Playas de Rosarito	100,660

Source: National Institute of Statistics, Geography and Informatics, Mexico (2020 census), via City Population by Thomas Brinkhoff.

Why don't these match official city populations?Official figures typically count only the population within administrative boundaries. UN urban area figures cover the entire built-up area, which can include multiple cities and towns.Show moreShow less

Tokyo

33,338,852

Urban area

9,953,160

23 wards

Essen

2,709,375

Urban area

573,618

City of Essen

Ankara

3,630,865

Urban area

5,186,002

Metropolitan municipality

What counts as an urban area? The UN uses satellite imagery to map built-up land, and treats each continuous stretch of built-up land as an urban area. This means that urban areas can extend beyond official city boundaries, and may include multiple cities and towns within a single urban area.

Can an urban area be smaller than its city? Yes. While most cities have urban areas larger than their administrative boundaries, some cities have extensive administrative limits that include sparsely populated areas.

186 urban areas in Mexico with 50,000 or more inhabitants, ranked by the UN's population estimates for 2026.

Rank	Urban Area	Population Estimate (2026)	Yearly Change	Land Area (km²)	Density (P/km²)	World Rank	Projections (2030)	Projections (2050)
1	Ciudad de México (Mexico City)	17,753,192	+0.11%	2,098	8,463	15	17,829,110	17,678,777
2	Guadalajara	4,148,305	+0.31%	593	7,000	109	4,199,763	4,325,736
3	Monterrey	3,957,801	+0.50%	644	6,148	118	4,036,945	4,253,471
4	Puebla	1,952,948	+0.25%	366	5,333	257	1,972,854	2,020,433
5	Tijuana	1,568,162	+0.67%	296	5,298	319	1,610,029	1,720,678
6	Toluca	1,508,315	+0.22%	382	3,948	340	1,521,435	1,518,649
7	León	1,372,856	+0.39%	190	7,233	371	1,394,196	1,474,971
8	Torreón	1,232,216	+0.35%	210	5,879	419	1,249,680	1,265,355
9	Ciudad Juárez	1,214,769	+0.20%	279	4,354	428	1,224,365	1,269,517
10	San Luis Potosí	996,290	+0.37%	146	6,843	521	1,010,858	1,071,266
11	Querétaro	885,131	+0.54%	163	5,417	591	904,209	954,616
12	Aguascalientes	860,219	+0.45%	138	6,252	617	875,546	962,130
13	Mérida	850,664	+0.41%	182	4,679	625	864,655	934,175
14	Cuernavaca	840,951	+0.17%	198	4,247	628	846,813	845,465
15	Chihuahua	772,443	+0.15%	162	4,768	695	777,027	785,165
16	Hermosillo	768,040	+0.34%	158	4,849	699	778,418	809,665
17	Mexicali	742,113	+0.56%	164	4,531	728	758,713	796,292
18	Saltillo	741,412	+0.51%	144	5,142	731	756,412	801,913
19	Culiacán	703,632	+0.29%	147	4,780	763	711,723	725,362
20	Acapulco	701,284	+0.20%	136	5,157	768	706,867	724,307
21	Veracruz	670,038	+0.25%	124	5,395	813	676,788	695,474
22	Cancún	641,378	+0.60%	88	7,272	847	656,761	707,700
23	Morelia	639,999	+0.40%	112	5,694	849	650,274	727,916
24	Reynosa	618,311	+0.51%	149	4,150	882	630,885	685,517
25	Tampico	605,036	+0.33%	120	5,059	903	613,038	626,291
26	Tuxtla Gutiérrez	586,702	+0.99%	100	5,867	943	609,999	708,365
27	Xalapa	544,215	+0.37%	82	6,621	1,020	552,222	567,838
28	Matamoros	543,843	+0.66%	110	4,926	1,022	558,273	599,329
29	Durango	542,885	+0.20%	90	6,019	1,024	547,279	560,764
30	Oaxaca de Juárez	507,721	+1.02%	122	4,168	1,098	528,469	544,873
31	Villahermosa	488,449	+1.42%	101	4,855	1,150	516,146	570,309
32	Irapuato	460,028	+0.74%	69	6,667	1,225	473,627	540,106
33	Mazatlán	410,182	+0.25%	78	5,259	1,393	414,336	426,732
34	Tepic	404,266	+0.62%	66	6,163	1,420	414,317	433,413
35	La Paz	385,100	+3.15%	82	4,674	1,490	433,546	682,923
36	Celaya	374,476	+0.62%	65	5,779	1,538	383,826	418,213
37	Nuevo Laredo	335,493	+1.28%	83	4,023	1,726	352,686	390,843
38	Ciudad Obregón	327,245	+0.31%	65	5,035	1,767	331,321	352,879
39	Uruapan	326,092	+0.57%	55	5,907	1,778	333,582	364,749
40	Ciudad Victoria	322,970	+0.18%	69	4,681	1,792	325,237	331,547
41	Pachuca	311,676	+0.28%	70	4,427	1,861	315,162	315,344
42	Tapachula	310,796	+1.11%	56	5,570	1,870	324,642	360,936
43	Orizaba	301,186	+0.38%	67	4,495	1,937	305,767	322,763
44	Coatzacoalcos	298,305	+0.33%	64	4,647	1,958	302,249	320,855
45	Colima	297,109	+0.45%	59	5,036	1,971	302,515	326,217
46	Heroica Nogales	282,854	+0.45%	51	5,546	2,071	287,950	302,677
47	Zacatecas	274,233	+0.88%	55	5,004	2,147	283,848	302,410
48	Cabo San Lucas	265,393	+3.00%	45	5,924	2,226	297,221	501,955
49	Los Mochis	261,901	+0.35%	54	4,850	2,253	265,575	280,646
50	Ensenada	259,020	+0.35%	66	3,925	2,286	262,686	277,173
51	Monclova	252,702	+4.14%	57	4,433	2,336	294,561	328,121
52	Playa del Carmen	240,516	+0.65%	42	5,727	2,469	246,805	277,322
53	Tehuacán	234,654	+0.30%	54	4,345	2,532	237,465	246,734
54	Tlaxcala	229,378	+0.93%	75	3,067	2,588	237,897	259,673
55	Córdoba	229,050	+0.38%	50	4,581	2,594	232,501	250,583
56	Campeche	228,807	+0.37%	52	4,400	2,599	232,175	245,620
57	Texcoco de Mora	226,499	+0.23%	70	3,236	2,628	228,573	229,764
58	Cuautla	217,992	+0.67%	55	3,978	2,749	223,834	224,452
59	El Puente	217,911	+1.09%	17	12,971	2,751	227,380	266,710
60	Ciudad del Carmen	215,587	+0.44%	49	4,400	2,775	219,376	231,645
61	San Cristóbal de las Casas	215,564	+1.00%	38	5,614	2,777	224,154	261,228
62	Chilpancingo	211,806	+0.23%	35	6,052	2,839	213,725	213,412
63	Poza Rica	209,603	+0.32%	43	4,852	2,878	212,273	228,853
64	Puerto Vallarta	205,375	+1.85%	44	4,646	2,935	220,555	251,416
65	San Luis Río Colorado	200,528	+0.56%	55	3,646	3,017	204,992	220,969
66	Texmelucan	191,812	+0.55%	56	3,425	3,173	196,062	210,317
67	San Juan del Río	186,240	+2.94%	40	4,703	3,276	208,107	236,718
68	Chetumal	184,484	+0.98%	43	4,331	3,307	191,689	209,289
69	Manzanillo	176,756	+1.19%	55	3,237	3,463	185,156	214,758
70	García	175,250	+0.75%	18	9,629	3,498	180,492	212,730
71	Salamanca	174,610	+0.78%	33	5,228	3,510	180,038	199,437
72	Lázaro Cárdenas	172,950	+0.72%	33	5,241	3,542	177,943	204,768
73	Minatitlán	164,128	+1.92%	36	4,610	3,725	176,727	199,285
74	San José del Cabo	163,410	+2.89%	33	4,922	3,749	182,278	368,380
75	Altamira	155,564	+0.40%	53	2,935	3,950	158,030	163,684
76	Fresnillo	151,326	+0.40%	29	5,218	4,066	153,728	161,632
77	Zamora	148,554	+0.81%	30	4,919	4,137	153,371	179,403
78	Cárdenas	139,210	+1.13%	31	4,433	4,426	145,520	163,929
79	Guanajuato	137,362	+0.76%	30	4,579	4,483	141,560	159,272
80	Delicias	135,395	+0.60%	31	4,312	4,553	138,671	144,102
81	San Francisco del Rincón	129,973	+1.35%	30	4,362	4,759	137,013	147,004
82	Cuauhtémoc	129,035	+0.70%	37	3,450	4,802	132,652	134,764
83	Apizaco	126,693	+0.47%	32	3,959	4,880	129,050	143,903
84	Tulancingo	125,045	+0.24%	30	4,168	4,967	126,267	126,229
85	Comitán	124,536	+1.32%	23	5,510	4,990	131,091	152,150
86	Túxpam	123,684	+0.62%	32	3,841	5,020	126,750	134,205
87	Apatzingán	122,967	+0.70%	26	4,693	5,054	126,417	135,083
88	Guaymas	122,554	+0.61%	40	3,064	5,075	125,548	136,465
89	Ciudad Acuña	122,215	+0.55%	38	3,216	5,088	124,922	136,163
90	Uriangato	121,374	+0.84%	24	5,015	5,128	125,437	136,096
91	Piedras Negras	120,364	+0.70%	33	3,625	5,171	123,742	128,713
92	Tecoman	119,659	+0.57%	20	5,983	5,201	122,367	131,332
93	Lagos de Moreno	119,019	+0.75%	22	5,361	5,230	122,586	132,091
94	Hidalgo del Parral	118,711	+0.35%	28	4,240	5,245	120,367	124,720
95	La Piedad de Cabadas	117,836	+0.90%	29	4,035	5,287	122,101	140,382
96	Ciudad Valles	115,454	+0.48%	32	3,586	5,401	117,673	120,018
97	Tepatitlán	112,135	+0.61%	25	4,485	5,574	114,877	122,035
98	Navojoa	112,037	+0.38%	32	3,501	5,577	113,721	128,907
99	San Miguel de Cozumel	110,932	+1.22%	20	5,547	5,630	116,323	150,454
100	Zitácuaro	110,620	+0.25%	20	5,531	5,650	111,734	113,375
101	Tuxtepec	109,917	+1.71%	28	3,870	5,698	117,454	152,202
102	Iguala	108,931	+0.22%	25	4,357	5,740	109,871	116,605
103	Teziutlán	108,843	+0.45%	27	4,031	5,747	110,805	129,627
104	Ocotlán	106,790	+0.42%	19	5,621	5,852	108,582	114,504
105	Silao	106,172	+1.05%	16	6,474	5,893	110,641	135,470
106	Zacatelco	103,471	+4.00%	33	3,098	6,055	120,035	182,927
107	Coyotepec	98,672	+0.23%	30	3,289	6,342	99,564	99,380
108	Agua Prieta	97,460	+0.15%	26	3,748	6,427	98,050	98,807
109	Río Bravo	95,196	+1.86%	26	3,690	6,561	102,263	108,288
110	Ciudad Guzmán	94,567	+0.72%	17	5,498	6,615	97,285	104,436
111	Martínez de la Torre	93,600	+0.71%	23	4,000	6,692	96,271	100,777
112	Matehuala	93,029	+1.04%	21	4,347	6,741	96,904	104,906
113	Tizayuca	91,183	+0.20%	25	3,647	6,886	91,927	91,655
114	San Miguel de Allende	91,116	+0.53%	18	5,062	6,891	93,032	113,086
115	Salina Cruz	90,394	+0.88%	20	4,431	6,952	93,568	100,266
116	Juchitán	89,143	+0.31%	15	5,943	7,056	90,233	98,293
117	San Andrés Tuxtla	89,035	+1.00%	23	3,838	7,066	92,591	103,979
118	Zihuatanejo	88,792	+1.06%	16	5,414	7,086	92,539	102,227
119	Valle de Santiago	88,541	+0.85%	15	5,825	7,114	91,535	105,424
120	Ramos Arizpe	88,376	+0.56%	19	4,651	7,125	90,370	94,482
121	Guasave	86,501	+1.11%	20	4,240	7,281	90,329	97,819
122	Ciudad Mante	83,047	+0.23%	22	3,775	7,613	83,807	88,612
123	Dolores Hidalgo Cuna De La Independencia Nacional	82,810	+0.61%	17	4,871	7,633	84,834	99,208
124	Acayucan	82,637	+0.98%	24	3,415	7,656	85,867	94,606
125	Sahuayo de Morelos	82,584	+0.77%	13	6,256	7,660	85,142	93,146
126	Cadereyta Jiménez	82,379	+0.68%	23	3,582	7,674	84,608	90,375
127	San Luis de la Paz	81,894	+0.65%	17	4,817	7,714	84,020	90,603
128	San Antonio el Desmonte	81,244	+0.08%	15	5,416	7,773	81,513	80,563
129	Capulhuac de Mirafuentes	78,634	+0.24%	19	4,139	8,046	79,380	83,701
130	Rosarito	78,540	+0.73%	29	2,708	8,054	80,838	90,421
131	Pátzcuaro	76,761	+0.83%	16	4,798	8,232	79,313	89,032
132	Linares	75,803	+1.32%	22	3,415	8,313	79,810	90,966
133	Cortazar	75,588	+0.36%	10	7,559	8,342	76,688	89,335
134	Rioverde	75,002	+0.81%	22	3,409	8,405	77,417	95,872
135	Heroica Caborca	74,816	+0.38%	23	3,253	8,426	75,951	81,997
136	Huajuapan	74,657	+0.41%	20	3,733	8,444	75,887	80,392
137	Rocky Point	74,505	+1.79%	22	3,326	8,463	79,838	97,155
138	Ciudad Hidalgo	73,650	+0.17%	14	5,261	8,565	74,160	75,328
139	Huauchinango	70,623	+0.39%	15	4,708	8,894	71,724	72,494
140	Tecate	70,524	+0.70%	20	3,526	8,905	72,510	79,098
141	Xonacatlán	69,074	+0.30%	22	3,140	9,081	69,916	70,172
142	Guamúchil	68,226	+1.07%	17	3,921	9,200	71,154	78,780
143	Huamantla	67,749	+0.89%	14	4,771	9,260	70,166	73,104
144	San José del Valle	67,188	+0.61%	11	6,108	9,343	68,830	77,858
145	Tula	67,170	+0.28%	22	3,053	9,346	67,913	68,039
146	Coatepec	66,779	+0.45%	12	5,565	9,395	67,981	70,844
147	Atlixco	66,759	+0.71%	16	4,121	9,398	68,656	70,272
148	Tlapa de Comonfort	66,258	+0.28%	12	5,522	9,477	67,008	67,229
149	Ciudad Constitución	65,505	+4.44%	17	3,899	9,586	77,125	128,917
150	Acámbaro	65,036	+0.92%	12	5,331	9,655	67,422	72,534
151	San Juan de los Lagos	64,804	+0.46%	12	5,400	9,685	65,994	70,787
152	Arandas	63,870	+0.93%	11	5,703	9,841	66,234	72,875
153	Zumpango	62,952	+0.23%	20	3,148	9,982	63,543	63,479
154	Ocosingo	62,532	+1.42%	13	4,737	10,054	66,087	83,040
155	Los Reyes Acozac	61,944	+0.26%	21	2,950	10,144	62,582	62,621
156	Cosoleacaque	61,461	+1.70%	18	3,340	10,209	65,633	76,440
157	Fracc Villas del Real 2da Seccion	60,824	+0.47%	21	2,896	10,310	61,963	70,418
158	Taxco	60,227	+0.28%	9.00	6,692	10,396	60,906	62,546
159	Valladolid	60,002	+1.27%	16	3,704	10,429	63,049	70,372
160	Tesistán	59,931	+0.50%	15	3,995	10,439	61,136	64,009
161	Huehuetoca	59,736	+0.36%	16	3,734	10,473	60,596	61,080
162	Esperanza	59,282	+0.70%	15	3,952	10,547	60,949	68,260
163	Tierra Blanca	59,079	+0.33%	12	4,923	10,585	59,849	62,159
164	Almoloya de Juárez	58,977	+0.38%	21	2,808	10,599	59,862	62,368
165	Jacona de Plancarte	58,049	+0.62%	14	4,146	10,742	59,495	64,851
166	San Luis	57,855	+0.79%	11	5,260	10,774	59,691	74,032
167	Santo Domingo Tehuantepec	57,670	+0.41%	13	4,436	10,815	58,620	64,792
168	Comalcalco	57,559	+1.22%	15	3,787	10,834	60,377	91,371
169	Nuevo Casas Grandes	57,390	+0.24%	20	2,870	10,870	57,944	58,837
170	Ozumba de Alzate	56,533	+0.33%	15	3,769	11,030	57,287	57,576
171	Mixquiahuala	55,420	+0.24%	15	3,695	11,247	55,943	57,379
172	Los Reyes de Salgado	55,015	+0.48%	10	5,501	11,312	56,073	60,140
173	Sabinas	54,630	+1.01%	15	3,594	11,392	56,830	61,718
174	Zacapu	54,611	+0.70%	12	4,551	11,400	56,142	73,885
175	Tepeji de Ocampo	54,592	+0.32%	15	3,639	11,406	55,286	55,520
176	Montemorelos	54,538	+1.58%	17	3,134	11,422	57,995	65,432
177	Cintalapa	54,514	+1.44%	11	4,867	11,425	57,657	63,549
178	Progreso	54,213	+0.87%	26	2,085	11,488	56,106	62,202
179	Colonia Santa Teresa	53,897	+0.70%	10	5,284	11,555	55,410	55,311
180	Papantla de Olarte	53,481	+0.23%	12	4,457	11,624	53,976	55,042
181	Tizimín	52,643	+0.61%	14	3,760	11,781	53,937	59,364
182	Huejutla de Reyes	52,477	+0.30%	12	4,373	11,812	53,103	54,555
183	Ocozocoautla	51,763	+1.60%	10	5,075	11,938	55,080	63,853
184	Xicotepec de Juárez	51,576	+0.39%	13	3,967	11,962	52,381	53,042
185	Matamoros	50,275	+0.29%	12	4,190	12,085	50,855	51,749
186	Ciudad Sahagún	50,112	+0.17%	11	4,556	12,088	50,446	50,097

Source: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2025). World Urbanization Prospects: The 2025 Revision, Online Edition.

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