Largest Cities in Mexico 2026: Population Ranking

Mexico's cities at a glance

Updated October 2026

Dots sized by population · Mexico City in orange

Mexico has 13 cities with more than a million inhabitants and 124 with more than 100,000 (city-proper figures). The largest is Mexico City with 12,294,193 people, followed by Tijuana (1,922,523) and Puebla (1,692,181). The three largest cities together hold about 11.9% of the country's 133.3 million people.

The capital, Mexico City, is also the largest city.

By region, the most large cities are in México (21), Nuevo León (8), Tamaulipas (7).

Country-level figures — live population, births and deaths, growth, density and history — are on the Mexico population page; provinces, terrain, rivers and society maps are in the Mexico atlas.

Mexico cities by population

124 cities · GeoNames · city proper

#	City	Region	Population	Share of Mexico
1	Mexico CityCapital	Mexico City	12,294,193	9.2%
2	Tijuana	Baja California	1,922,523	1.4%
3	Puebla	Puebla	1,692,181	1.3%
4	Ecatepec de Morelos	México	1,645,352	1.2%
5	Santiago de Querétaro	Querétaro	1,594,212	1.2%
6	León de los Aldama	Guanajuato	1,579,803	1.2%
7	Ciudad Juárez	Chihuahua	1,512,450	1.1%
8	Zapopan	Jalisco	1,476,491	1.1%
9	Guadalajara	Jalisco	1,385,629	1%
10	Mérida	Yucatán	1,201,000	0.9%
11	Monterrey	Nuevo León	1,135,512	0.9%
12	Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl	México	1,077,208	0.8%
13	Mexicali	Baja California	1,032,686	0.8%
14	Chihuahua	Chihuahua	925,762	0.7%
15	Cancún	Quintana Roo	888,797	0.7%
16	Naucalpan de Juárez	México	834,434	0.6%
17	Hermosillo	Sonora	812,229	0.6%
18	Culiacán	Sinaloa	808,416	0.6%
19	Morelia	Michoacán	743,275	0.6%
20	Torreón	Coahuila	735,340	0.6%
21	San Luis Potosí	San Luis Potosí	722,772	0.5%
22	Aguascalientes	Aguascalientes	722,250	0.5%
23	Saltillo	Coahuila	709,671	0.5%
24	Guadalupe	Nuevo León	673,616	0.5%
25	Acapulco de Juárez	Guerrero	658,609	0.5%
26	Tlalnepantla	México	653,410	0.5%
27	Tlaquepaque	Jalisco	650,123	0.5%
28	Tuxtla	Chiapas	604,147	0.5%
29	Reynosa	Tamaulipas	589,466	0.4%
30	Cuautitlán Izcalli	México	555,163	0.4%
31	Victoria de Durango	Durango	518,709	0.4%
32	Heroica Matamoros	Tamaulipas	510,739	0.4%
33	Toluca	México	489,333	0.4%
34	Ciudad López Mateos	México	489,160	0.4%
35	Ciudad Apodaca	Nuevo León	467,157	0.4%
36	Ciudad General Escobedo	Nuevo León	454,967	0.3%
37	Ensenada	Baja California	443,807	0.3%
38	Veracruz	Veracruz	428,323	0.3%
39	Xalapa de Enríquez	Veracruz	424,755	0.3%
40	Nuevo Laredo	Tamaulipas	416,055	0.3%
41	San Nicolás de los Garza	Nuevo León	412,199	0.3%
42	Tonalá	Jalisco	408,759	0.3%
43	Ojo de Agua	México	386,290	0.3%
44	Xico	México	384,327	0.3%
45	Mazatlán	Sinaloa	381,583	0.3%
46	Irapuato	Guanajuato	380,941	0.3%
47	Tapachula	Chiapas	353,706	0.3%
48	Villahermosa	Tabasco	353,577	0.3%
49	Celaya	Guanajuato	340,387	0.3%
50	Cuernavaca	Morelos	338,650	0.3%
51	Tepic	Nayarit	332,863	0.2%
52	Ciudad Victoria	Tamaulipas	332,100	0.2%
53	Ciudad Obregón	Sonora	329,404	0.2%
54	Ixtapaluca	México	322,271	0.2%
55	Coatzacoalcos	Veracruz	310,698	0.2%
56	Tampico	Tamaulipas	309,003	0.2%
57	Ciudad Benito Juárez	Nuevo León	308,285	0.2%
58	Santa Catarina	Nuevo León	304,052	0.2%
59	Uruapan	Michoacán	299,523	0.2%
60	Nicolás Romero	México	281,799	0.2%
61	Zumpango	México	280,455	0.2%
62	Coacalco	México	277,959	0.2%
63	Nogales	Sonora	264,782	0.2%
64	Gómez Palacio	Durango	257,352	0.2%
65	Los Mochis	Sinaloa	256,613	0.2%
66	Pachuca de Soto	Hidalgo	256,584	0.2%
67	Oaxaca	Oaxaca	255,029	0.2%
68	La Paz	Baja California Sur	250,141	0.2%
69	Tehuacán	Puebla	248,716	0.2%
70	Puerto Vallarta	Jalisco	224,166	0.2%
71	Campeche	Campeche	220,389	0.2%
72	Buenavista	México	216,776	0.2%
73	Ciudad Acuña	Coahuila	216,099	0.2%
74	San Cristóbal de las Casas	Chiapas	215,874	0.2%
75	Jiutepec	Morelos	215,357	0.2%
76	Monclova	Coahuila	215,271	0.2%
77	Córdoba	Veracruz	204,721	0.2%
78	Cabo San Lucas	Baja California Sur	202,694	0.2%
79	Ciudad Madero	Tamaulipas	197,216	0.1%
80	Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas	Michoacán	196,003	0.1%
81	Ciudad del Carmen	Campeche	191,238	0.1%
82	Chilpancingo	Guerrero	187,251	0.1%
83	Zamora de Hidalgo	Michoacán	186,102	0.1%
84	Poza Rica de Hidalgo	Veracruz	185,242	0.1%
85	Cuautitlán	México	178,847	0.1%
86	San Luis Río Colorado	Sonora	176,685	0.1%
87	San Miguel de Allende	Guanajuato	174,615	0.1%
88	Chicoloapan	México	172,919	0.1%
89	Guadalupe	Zacatecas	170,029	0.1%
90	Chetumal	Quintana Roo	169,028	0.1%
91	Chalco	México	168,720	0.1%
92	Cuauhtémoc	Chihuahua	168,482	0.1%
93	Comitán	Chiapas	166,178	0.1%
94	Salamanca	Guanajuato	160,682	0.1%
95	Manzanillo	Colima	159,853	0.1%
96	Tuxtepec	Oaxaca	159,452	0.1%
97	Cuautla	Morelos	157,336	0.1%
98	San Pablo de las Salinas	México	156,191	0.1%
99	Piedras Negras	Coahuila	150,178	0.1%
100	Playa del Carmen	Quintana Roo	149,923	0.1%
101	Ciudad Delicias	Chihuahua	148,045	0.1%
102	Colima	Colima	146,965	0.1%
103	Fresnillo	Zacatecas	143,281	0.1%
104	San Juan del Río	Querétaro	138,878	0.1%
105	San José del Cabo	Baja California Sur	136,285	0.1%
106	San Pedro Garza García	Nuevo León	132,128	0.1%
107	Zacatecas	Zacatecas	129,011	0.1%
108	Huixquilucan	México	124,846	0.1%
109	Ciudad Valles	San Luis Potosí	124,644	0.1%
110	Orizaba	Veracruz	123,182	0.1%
111	Miramar	Tamaulipas	118,614	0.1%
112	Iguala de la Independencia	Guerrero	118,468	0.1%
113	Heroica Guaymas	Sonora	117,253	0.1%
114	Navojoa	Sonora	113,836	0.1%
115	Minatitlán	Veracruz	112,046	0.1%
116	Ciudad Guzmán	Jalisco	111,975	0.1%
117	Yautepec	Morelos	105,780	0.1%
118	Texcoco de Mora	México	105,165	0.1%
119	Hidalgo del Parral	Chihuahua	104,836	0.1%
120	Teziutlan	Puebla	103,583	0.1%
121	Tepexpan	México	102,667	0.1%
122	Tulancingo	Hidalgo	102,406	0.1%
123	Apatzingán	Michoacán	102,362	0.1%
124	Rosarito	Baja California	100,660	0.1%

Cities with 300,000 or more people link to their own page. The list keeps every city of 100,000+ and at least the 30 largest places of the country.

Frequently asked questions

What is the largest city in Mexico?

Mexico City, with about 12,294,193 inhabitants (city proper).

What is the capital of Mexico?

Mexico City — population 12,294,193, the largest city in the country.

How many cities in Mexico have over one million people?

13: Mexico City, Tijuana, Puebla, Ecatepec de Morelos, Santiago de Querétaro, León de los Aldama, Ciudad Juárez, Zapopan, Guadalajara, Mérida, Monterrey, Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl, Mexicali.

Are these metropolitan-area populations?

No. They are city-proper figures (the administrative city) from GeoNames, based on the latest census or official estimate. Metropolitan areas, which include suburbs and satellite towns, are larger — often several times larger for the biggest cities.

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