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Top 20 most populous cities · 🇲🇽 Mexico

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Updated 2 h ago · population (people)

Why these 20

City population from Wikidata's preferred figure (usually the latest census or official estimate). City limits differ a lot between countries, so compare within a country first.

1

Mexico City

capital and largest city of Mexico

9,209,944
2

Veracruz

town in Veracruz Municipality, State of Veracruz, Mexico

8,062,579
3

San Luis Potosí

capital of the State of San Luis Potosí, Mexico

2,822,255
4

Tijuana

municipal seat of Tijuana, State of Baja California, Mexico

1,964,788
5

León de Los Aldama

city in Guanajuato, Mexico

1,579,803
6

Ciudad Juárez

municipal seat of Juárez, State of Chihuahua, Mexico

1,501,551
7

Guadalajara

capital of the State of Jalisco, Mexico

1,385,621
8

Zapopan

municipal seat of Zapopan, State of Jalisco, Mexico

1,257,547
9

Monterrey

capital of the State of Nuevo Leon, Mexico

1,142,952
10

Aguascalientes City

capital of the Mexican state of Aguascalientes

934,424
11

Chihuahua City

capital of the State of Chihuahua, Mexico

925,762
12

Mérida

capital city of Yucatan, Mexico

892,363
13

Cancun

municipal seat of Juárez, State of Quintana Roo, Mexico

888,797
14

Saltillo

capital city of the State of Coahuila, Mexico

864,431
15

Hermosillo

city in Mexico, Sonora state capital

855,563
16

Mexicali

capital of the State of Baja California, Mexico

854,186
17

Culiacán

capital of the State of Sinaloa, Mexico

808,416
18

Santiago de Querétaro

capital of the State of Querétaro, Mexico

794,789
19

Guadalupe

municipal seat of Guadalupe, State of Nuevo León, Mexico

691,931
20

Reynosa

municipal seat of Reynosa, State of Tamaulipas, Mexico

691,557

How it is measured

Wikidata: cities and big cities with 300,000 people or more.

References

Wikidata query: cities by population, Wikidata (CC0). Checked 2026-10-19 19:22 UTC.

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