🌆 Largest Cities in Mexico
The 100 most populous Mexican cities at the 2020 census.
Mexico City16%
Tijuana
Ecatepec2.8%
León2.7%
Puebla2.7%
Ciudad Juárez2.6%
Zapopan2.5%
Guadalajara2.4%
Monterrey
Nezahualcóyotl
Chihuahua
Mérida
Naucalpan
Cancún
Saltillo
Aguascalientes
Hermosillo
Mexicali
San Luis Potosí
Culiacán
Querétaro
Morelia
Chimalhuacán
Reynosa
Torreón
Tlalnepantla
Acapulco
Tlaquepaque
Guadalupe
Durango
Tuxtla Gutiérrez
Cuautitlán Izcalli
Veracruz
Ciudad Apodaca
Ciudad López Mateos
Matamoros
General Escobedo
Irapuato
Xalapa
Tonalá
60 others26%
1
Mexico CityMexico City
9,209,944
2
TijuanaBaja California
1,810,645
3
EcatepecState of Mexico
1,643,623
4
LeónGuanajuato
1,579,803
5
PueblaPuebla
1,542,232
6
Ciudad JuárezChihuahua
1,501,551
7
ZapopanJalisco
1,476,491
8
GuadalajaraJalisco
1,385,629
9
MonterreyNuevo León
1,142,952
10
NezahualcóyotlState of Mexico
1,072,676
11
ChihuahuaChihuahua
925,762
12
MéridaYucatán
921,771
13
NaucalpanState of Mexico
911,168
14
CancúnQuintana Roo
888,797
15
SaltilloCoahuila
864,431
16
AguascalientesAguascalientes
863,893
17
HermosilloSonora
855,563
18
MexicaliBaja California
854,186
19
San Luis PotosíSan Luis Potosí
845,941
20
CuliacánSinaloa
808,416
21
QuerétaroQuerétaro
794,789
22
MoreliaMichoacán
743,275
23
ChimalhuacánState of Mexico
703,215
24
ReynosaTamaulipas
691,557
25
TorreónCoahuila
690,193
26
TlalnepantlaState of Mexico
658,907
27
AcapulcoGuerrero
658,609
28
TlaquepaqueJalisco
650,123
29
GuadalupeNuevo León
635,862
30
DurangoDurango
616,068
31
Tuxtla GutiérrezChiapas
578,830
32
Cuautitlán IzcalliState of Mexico
555,163
33
VeracruzVeracruz
537,963
34
Ciudad ApodacaNuevo León
536,436
35
Ciudad López MateosState of Mexico
523,065
36
MatamorosTamaulipas
510,739
37
General EscobedoNuevo León
454,967
38
IrapuatoGuanajuato
452,090
39
XalapaVeracruz
443,063
40
TonaláJalisco
442,440
41
MazatlánSinaloa
441,975
42
Nuevo LaredoTamaulipas
416,055
43
San NicolásNuevo León
412,199
44
Ojo de AguaState of Mexico
386,290
45
XicoState of Mexico
384,327
46
CelayaGuanajuato
378,143
47
TepicNayarit
371,387
48
IxtapalucaState of Mexico
368,585
49
CuernavacaMorelos
341,029
50
VillahermosaTabasco
340,060
51
Ciudad VictoriaTamaulipas
332,100
52
EnsenadaBaja California
330,652
53
Ciudad ObregónSonora
329,404
54
Ciudad Nicolás RomeroState of Mexico
323,545
55
SoledadSan Luis Potosí
310,192
56
Ciudad Benito JuárezNuevo León
308,285
57
Playa del CarmenQuintana Roo
304,942
58
Santa CatarinaNuevo León
304,052
59
Gómez PalacioDurango
301,742
60
UruapanMichoacán
299,523
61
Los MochisSinaloa
298,009
62
PachucaHidalgo
297,848
63
TampicoTamaulipas
297,373
64
TehuacánPuebla
293,825
65
San Francisco CoacalcoState of Mexico
293,245
66
NogalesSonora
261,137
67
OaxacaOaxaca
258,913
68
La PazBaja California Sur
250,141
69
CampecheCampeche
249,623
70
MonclovaCoahuila
237,169
71
GarcíaNuevo León
234,698
72
ChilpancingoGuerrero
225,728
73
Puerto VallartaJalisco
224,166
74
TolucaState of Mexico
223,876
75
TapachulaChiapas
217,550
76
BuenavistaState of Mexico
216,776
77
CoatzacoalcosVeracruz
212,540
78
Ciudad MaderoTamaulipas
205,933
79
Cabo San LucasBaja California Sur
202,694
80
ChicoloapanState of Mexico
193,532
81
Ciudad del CarmenCampeche
191,238
82
San CristóbalChiapas
183,509
83
Poza RicaVeracruz
180,057
84
San Juan del RíoQuerétaro
177,719
85
San Luis Río ColoradoSonora
176,685
86
ChalcoState of Mexico
174,704
87
JiutepecMorelos
174,629
88
Piedras NegrasCoahuila
173,959
89
Guadalupe (Zacatecas)Zacatecas
170,029
90
ChetumalQuintana Roo
169,028
91
MiramarTamaulipas
161,820
92
SalamancaGuanajuato
160,682
93
Ciudad AcuñaCoahuila
160,225
94
ManzanilloColima
159,853
95
San Pablo de las SalinasState of Mexico
157,998
96
CuautlaMorelos
157,336
97
ZamoraMichoacán
154,546
98
MinatitlánVeracruz
149,162
99
Villa de ÁlvarezColima
147,496
100
ColimaColima
146,965
Highlights
Within Mexico, Mexico City ranks first in 2020 with 9,209,944, followed by Tijuana (1,810,645) and Ecatepec (1,643,623).
Mexico City is 5.1 times higher than Tijuana, the runner-up.
Across 100 entries, values run from 9,209,944 (Mexico City) to 146,965 (Colima), with a median of 336,080.
Source: INEGI, 2020 census (via Wikipedia), 2020. Unit: people.
Source: INEGI, 2020 census (via Wikipedia) · CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikipedia); underlying data © the cited publisher · fetched Oct 13, 2026