Mexico City, Mexico Population 2024

Mexico City's 2024 population is now estimated at 22,505,300In 1950, the population of Mexico City was 3,365,080Mexico City has grown by 223,900 in the last year, which represents a 1% annual change.These population estimates and projections come from the latest revision of the UN World Urbanization Prospects. These estimates represent the Urban agglomeration of Mexico City, which typically includes Mexico City's population in addition to adjacent suburban areas.

Mexico City (officially México D.F. or just D.F.) is the capital of Mexico and the seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It's also the Federal District, which is a federal entity within the country that is not actually any one of the 31 states but belongs to the federation as a whole. The 2016 population of Mexico City, based on government figures, is 8,918,653.

Mexico City has a long, rich history and is know for being one of the largest financial centers in the continent and the largest Spanish-speaking city in the world. As of 2016, the population of the city is estimated to be 8.9 million.

The estimated population of 8,918,653 in 2016 is up from 8.851 million in 2010. The metropolitan area, however, is much larger with a population of 21.2 million people, making Mexico City the most populous metropolitan area in the Western Hemisphere.

City Size and Population Density

The area that Mexico City occupies comes to a total of 1,485 square kilometers (573 square miles). In combination with the growing number of residents, the population density was last measured at 6,000 people living per square kilometer (16,000 residents per square mile).

Greater Mexico City

Greater Mexico City is formed by the Federal District, or 60 municipalities from the State of Mexico with one from the state of Hidalgo. It's the most densely populated area in the country. As of 2010, the biggest municipalities in Greater Mexico City, excluding Mexico City proper, were:

  • Ecatepec (1.6 million)
  • Nezahualcóyotl (1.1 million)
  • Naucalpan (833,000)
  • Tlalnepantla de Baz (664,000)
  • Chimalhuacán (602000)
  • Ixtapaluca (467,000)
  • Cuautitlán Izcalli (533,000)
  • Atizapan de Zaragoza (490,000)

As of 2016, 75% of the state of Mexico's population, or approximately 10 million people, lives in a municipality that's part of Greater Mexico City.

Mexico City Demographics

The valley of Anáhuac has historically been one of the most densely populated regions in the country. In 1921, the census showed more than 54% of the city's population was Mestizo (or Indigenous mixed with European ancestry), 23% was European and almost 19% was Indigenous, although Mexico City at the time had less than 1 million people.

The Mexico City that we know today is home to large numbers of immigrants and expatriates from Canada, the United States, South America (especially Colombia and Argentina), Central America (particularly Guatemala and El Salvador), the Caribbeans (mainly Cuba and Haiti), Europe (particularly Spain and Germany) and the Middle East (especially Egypt, Syria and Lebanon.) Most recently, there has been an influx of immigrants from Asia-Pacific countries like South Korea and China.

There are no official figures on the immigrant population in Mexico, but estimates show significant numbers, including the largest population of people from the US outside the United States. It's estimated there are 700,000 US Americans in Mexico City, and a total of one million US immigrants in the entire country.

Census data from Mexico's National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI) has shown that the numbers of foreigners in the country has grown by 95% in the last decade, the majority of which are from the US.

Mexico City Population Growth

Despite its growth, the annual growth rate of the Mexico City metropolitan area is lower than most other urban agglomerations in the country, and the net migration rate in the Federal District was negative from 1995 to 2000.

With its fast growth over the past century, Mexico City has faced numerous problems, including the inability to keep up with services and housing which led to huge shantytowns on the outskirts of the city without basic services. This includes one of the largest shantytowns in the world, Neza-Chalco-Itza, which has an estimated population of 4 million. In 2004, a World Bank study found that 11% of the urban population in the country was extremely poor, while 42% was moderately poor. Mexico City is also located between two large mountain ranges, which act to trap pollution.

Mexico City is considered one of the largest cities in the world and is home to 20% of Mexico's entire population. Urban migration has slowed, and now natural growth is the main cause of Mexico City's population growth. It's estimated that the population of the city will reach almost 22 million by 2020.

Country
Mexico
Growth Rate
1%

86 Rows

Year
Population
203525,414,600
203425,164,800
203324,909,000
203224,647,700
203124,381,300
203024,110,600
202923,837,100
202823,563,000
202723,291,500
202623,016,800
202522,752,400
202422,505,300
202322,281,400
202222,085,100
202121,918,900
202021,782,400
201921,671,900
201821,580,800
201721,500,300
201621,420,000
201521,339,800
201421,093,500
201320,850,100
201220,609,900
201120,371,700
201020,136,700
200919,957,600
200819,785,200
200719,613,900
200619,444,200
200519,276,100
200419,109,600
200318,944,100
200218,780,200
200118,617,800
200018,457,000
199918,204,100
199817,899,900
199717,600,800
199617,307,100
199517,017,500
199416,733,100
199316,453,500
199216,178,900
199115,908,200
199015,642,300
198915,364,900
198815,086,100
198714,811,600
198614,542,500
198514,278,200
198414,019,100
198313,764,000
198213,513,900
198113,268,400
198013,027,600
197912,547,400
197812,067,200
197711,605,300
197611,161,700
197510,733,900
197410,323,000
19739,927,880
19729,548,390
19719,182,420
19708,830,950
19698,448,400
19688,052,020
19677,673,220
19667,312,720
19656,969,160
19646,642,180
19636,329,700
19626,032,320
19615,748,910
19605,479,180
19595,218,350
19584,970,070
19574,733,600
19564,508,680
19554,293,880
19544,089,580
19533,895,000
19523,709,940
19513,533,180
19503,365,080

86 Rows

Year
Population
Change
Growth
19503,365,0800%0
19513,533,1805%168,100
19523,709,9405%176,760
19533,895,0004.99%185,060
19544,089,5805%194,580
19554,293,8805%204,300
19564,508,6805%214,800
19574,733,6004.99%224,920
19584,970,0705%236,470
19595,218,3505%248,280
19605,479,1805%260,830
19615,748,9104.92%269,730
19626,032,3204.93%283,410
19636,329,7004.93%297,380
19646,642,1804.94%312,480
19656,969,1604.92%326,980
19667,312,7204.93%343,560
19677,673,2204.93%360,500
19688,052,0204.94%378,800
19698,448,4004.92%396,380
19708,830,9504.53%382,550
19719,182,4203.98%351,470
19729,548,3903.99%365,970
19739,927,8803.97%379,490
197410,323,0003.98%395,120
197510,733,9003.98%410,900
197611,161,7003.99%427,800
197711,605,3003.97%443,600
197812,067,2003.98%461,900
197912,547,4003.98%480,200
198013,027,6003.83%480,200
198113,268,4001.85%240,800
198213,513,9001.85%245,500
198313,764,0001.85%250,100
198414,019,1001.85%255,100
198514,278,2001.85%259,100
198614,542,5001.85%264,300
198714,811,6001.85%269,100
198815,086,1001.85%274,500
198915,364,9001.85%278,800
199015,642,3001.81%277,400
199115,908,2001.7%265,900
199216,178,9001.7%270,700
199316,453,5001.7%274,600
199416,733,1001.7%279,600
199517,017,5001.7%284,400
199617,307,1001.7%289,600
199717,600,8001.7%293,700
199817,899,9001.7%299,100
199918,204,1001.7%304,200
200018,457,0001.39%252,900
200118,617,8000.87%160,800
200218,780,2000.87%162,400
200318,944,1000.87%163,900
200419,109,6000.87%165,500
200519,276,1000.87%166,500
200619,444,2000.87%168,100
200719,613,9000.87%169,700
200819,785,2000.87%171,300
200919,957,6000.87%172,400
201020,136,7000.9%179,100
201120,371,7001.17%235,000
201220,609,9001.17%238,200
201320,850,1001.17%240,200
201421,093,5001.17%243,400
201521,339,8001.17%246,300
201621,420,0000.38%80,200
201721,500,3000.37%80,300
201821,580,8000.37%80,500
201921,671,9000.42%91,100
202021,782,4000.51%110,500
202121,918,9000.63%136,500
202222,085,1000.76%166,200
202322,281,4000.89%196,300
202422,505,3001%223,900
202522,752,4001.1%247,100
202623,016,8001.16%264,400
202723,291,5001.19%274,700
202823,563,0001.17%271,500
202923,837,1001.16%274,100
203024,110,6001.15%273,500
203124,381,3001.12%270,700
203224,647,7001.09%266,400
203324,909,0001.06%261,300
203425,164,8001.03%255,800
203525,414,6000.99%249,800

Mexico City Population Data (Urban Area)

Name
2024 Pop.
2024 Growth
Mexico City22,505,3001%
Guadalajara5,499,6801.47%
Monterrey5,195,3601.54%
Puebla3,394,3401.48%
Toluca De Lerdo2,674,3401.83%
Tijuana2,297,2201.66%
Leon De Los Aldamas1,924,4401.35%
La Laguna1,826,1402.56%
Ciudad Juarez1,604,0801.38%
Queretaro1,436,8201.65%
San Luis Potosi1,292,1301.48%
Merida1,239,6501.56%
Mexicali1,196,9801.57%
Aguascalientes1,179,3001.54%
Cuernavaca1,140,1701.45%
Chihuahua1,135,3401.71%
Tampico1,062,5701.46%
Saltillo1,050,3201.57%
Cancun1,045,0002.19%
Acapulco De Juarez1,032,7701.35%

Other Cities in Mexico

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