Largest Cities in Mexico

145 cities with population over 100,000

Mexico has 145 cities with a population over 100,000. The largest city is Mexico City with 12,294,193 people. The capital city is Mexico City.

Country Population

130.6M

Major Cities

145

Largest City

Mexico City

Capital

Mexico City

Top 10 Cities

Mexico City

12.3M

Tijuana

1.9M

Iztapalapa

1.8M

Puebla

1.7M

Ecatepec de Morelos

1.6M

Santiago de Querétaro

1.6M

León de los Aldama

1.6M

Ciudad Juárez

1.5M

Zapopan

1.5M

Guadalajara

1.4M

All Cities in Mexico

Cities in Mexico ranked by population
#	City	Population	% of Country
1	Mexico CityCapital	12,294,193	9.42%
2	Tijuana	1,922,523	1.47%
3	Iztapalapa	1,835,486	1.41%
4	Puebla	1,692,181	1.30%
5	Ecatepec de Morelos	1,645,352	1.26%
6	Santiago de Querétaro	1,594,212	1.22%
7	León de los Aldama	1,579,803	1.21%
8	Ciudad Juárez	1,512,450	1.16%
9	Zapopan	1,476,491	1.13%
10	Guadalajara	1,385,629	1.06%
11	Mérida	1,201,000	0.92%
12	Gustavo Adolfo Madero	1,185,772	0.91%
13	Monterrey	1,135,512	0.87%
14	Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl	1,077,208	0.82%
15	Mexicali	1,032,686	0.79%
16	Chihuahua	925,762	0.71%
17	Cancún	888,797	0.68%
18	Naucalpan de Juárez	834,434	0.64%
19	Hermosillo	812,229	0.62%
20	Culiacán	808,416	0.62%
21	Morelia	743,275	0.57%
22	Torreón	735,340	0.56%
23	Álvaro Obregón	726,664	0.56%
24	San Luis Potosí	722,772	0.55%
25	Aguascalientes	722,250	0.55%
26	Saltillo	709,671	0.54%
27	Guadalupe	673,616	0.52%
28	Acapulco de Juárez	658,609	0.50%
29	Tlalnepantla	653,410	0.50%
30	Tlaquepaque	650,123	0.50%
31	Coyoacán	614,447	0.47%
32	Tuxtla	604,147	0.46%
33	Reynosa	589,466	0.45%
34	Tlalpan	574,577	0.44%
35	Cuautitlán Izcalli	555,163	0.43%
36	Cuauhtémoc	531,831	0.41%
37	Victoria de Durango	518,709	0.40%
38	Heroica Matamoros	510,739	0.39%
39	Toluca	489,333	0.37%
40	Ciudad López Mateos	489,160	0.37%
41	Ciudad Apodaca	467,157	0.36%
42	Ciudad General Escobedo	454,967	0.35%
43	Ensenada	443,807	0.34%
44	Xochimilco	442,178	0.34%
45	Venustiano Carranza	430,978	0.33%
46	Veracruz	428,323	0.33%
47	Xalapa de Enríquez	424,755	0.33%
48	Nuevo Laredo	416,055	0.32%
49	Azcapotzalco	414,711	0.32%
50	San Nicolás de los Garza	412,199	0.32%
51	Tonalá	408,759	0.31%
52	Ojo de Agua	386,290	0.30%
53	Benito Juárez	385,439	0.30%
54	Xico	384,327	0.29%
55	Iztacalco	384,326	0.29%
56	Mazatlán	381,583	0.29%
57	Irapuato	380,941	0.29%
58	Miguel Hidalgo	372,889	0.29%
59	Benito Juarez	355,017	0.27%
60	Tapachula	353,706	0.27%
61	Villahermosa	353,577	0.27%
62	Celaya	340,387	0.26%
63	Cuernavaca	338,650	0.26%
64	Tepic	332,863	0.25%
65	Ciudad Victoria	332,100	0.25%
66	Soledad de Graciano Sánchez	332,072	0.25%
67	Ciudad Obregón	329,404	0.25%
68	Ixtapaluca	322,271	0.25%
69	Coatzacoalcos	310,698	0.24%
70	Tampico	309,003	0.24%
71	Ciudad Benito Juárez	308,285	0.24%
72	Tláhuac	305,076	0.23%
73	Santa Catarina	304,052	0.23%
74	Uruapan	299,523	0.23%
75	Cholula	292,881	0.22%
76	Nicolás Romero	281,799	0.22%
77	Zumpango	280,455	0.21%
78	Coacalco	277,959	0.21%
79	Nogales	264,782	0.20%
80	Gómez Palacio	257,352	0.20%
81	Los Mochis	256,613	0.20%
82	Pachuca de Soto	256,584	0.20%
83	Oaxaca	255,029	0.20%
84	La Paz	250,141	0.19%
85	Colonia del Valle	250,000	0.19%
86	Tehuacán	248,716	0.19%
87	Magdalena Contreras	238,431	0.18%
88	Puerto Vallarta	224,166	0.17%
89	Campeche	220,389	0.17%
90	Buenavista	216,776	0.17%
91	Ciudad Acuña	216,099	0.17%
92	San Cristóbal de las Casas	215,874	0.17%
93	Jiutepec	215,357	0.16%
94	Monclova	215,271	0.16%
95	Córdoba	204,721	0.16%
96	Cabo San Lucas	202,694	0.16%
97	Ciudad Madero	197,216	0.15%
98	Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas	196,003	0.15%
99	Ciudad del Carmen	191,238	0.15%
100	Chilpancingo	187,251	0.14%
101	Zamora de Hidalgo	186,102	0.14%
102	Poza Rica de Hidalgo	185,242	0.14%
103	Cuautitlán	178,847	0.14%
104	San Luis Río Colorado	176,685	0.14%
105	San Miguel de Allende	174,615	0.13%
106	Chicoloapan	172,919	0.13%
107	Guadalupe	170,029	0.13%
108	Chetumal	169,028	0.13%
109	Chalco	168,720	0.13%
110	Cuauhtémoc	168,482	0.13%
111	Comitán	166,178	0.13%
112	Salamanca	160,682	0.12%
113	Delegación Cuajimalpa de Morelos	160,491	0.12%
114	Manzanillo	159,853	0.12%
115	Tuxtepec	159,452	0.12%
116	Cuautla	157,336	0.12%
117	San Pablo de las Salinas	156,191	0.12%
118	San Martin Texmelucan de Labastida	155,738	0.12%
119	Piedras Negras	150,178	0.12%
120	Playa del Carmen	149,923	0.11%
121	Ciudad Delicias	148,045	0.11%
122	Colima	146,965	0.11%
123	Fresnillo	143,281	0.11%
124	San Juan del Río	138,878	0.11%
125	San José del Cabo	136,285	0.10%
126	San Pedro Garza García	132,128	0.10%
127	Zacatecas	129,011	0.10%
128	Huixquilucan	124,846	0.10%
129	Ciudad Valles	124,644	0.10%
130	Orizaba	123,182	0.09%
131	Miramar	118,614	0.09%
132	Iguala de la Independencia	118,468	0.09%
133	Ciudad de Villa de Álvarez	117,600	0.09%
134	Heroica Guaymas	117,253	0.09%
135	Navojoa	113,836	0.09%
136	Minatitlán	112,046	0.09%
137	Ciudad Guzmán	111,975	0.09%
138	Yautepec	105,780	0.08%
139	Texcoco de Mora	105,165	0.08%
140	Parral	104,836	0.08%
141	Teziutlan	103,583	0.08%
142	Tepexpan	102,667	0.08%
143	Tulancingo	102,406	0.08%
144	Apatzingán	102,362	0.08%
145	Rosarito	100,660	0.08%

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