The statistic depicts the ten largest cities in Mexico in 2020. In 2020, Mexico City had around 8.84 million residents which made it the largest city in Mexico.

Population of Mexico

Mexico is a federal republic located in North America, sharing borders with the United States to the north, and to the southeast with Guatemala and Belize. With a total area of over 1.9 million square kilometers, it is the fourteenth largest nation in the world and the fifth largest in the Americas.

In 2014, Mexico’s total population amounted to approximately 120 million people. A little under two thirds of Mexico’s total population is of Mestizo ethnicity. The total population has steadily grown over the past decade, despite being the source to the largest migration flow between countries in the world; in 2010, around 11.6 million immigrants from Mexico lived in the United States. The migration flow between the United States and Mexico has however, decreased over the past ten years: Between 1995 and 2000, over 2.9 million migrants emigrated from Mexico to the United States. This was more than the double of migrants who emigrated from Mexico to the United States between 2005 and 2010. Each year, Mexico's population grows by about 1.24 percent compared to the previous year. Mexico City, the country’s capital and largest city, is home to approximately 8.6 million people.

In 2025, approximately 23 million people lived in the São Paulo metropolitan area, making it the biggest in Latin America and the Caribbean and the sixth most populated in the world. The homonymous state of São Paulo was also the most populous federal entity in the country. The second place for the region was Mexico City with 22.75 million inhabitants. Brazil's cities Brazil is home to two large metropolises, only counting the population within the city limits, São Paulo had approximately 11.45 million inhabitants, and Rio de Janeiro around 6.21 million inhabitants. It also contains a number of smaller, but well known cities such as Brasília, Salvador, Belo Horizonte and many others, which report between 2 and 3 million inhabitants each. As a result, the country's population is primarily urban, with nearly 88 percent of inhabitants living in cities. Mexico City Mexico City's metropolitan area ranks sevenths in the ranking of most populated cities in the world. Founded over the Aztec city of Tenochtitlan in 1521 after the Spanish conquest as the capital of the Viceroyalty of New Spain, the city still stands as one of the most important in Latin America. Nevertheless, the preeminent economic, political, and cultural position of Mexico City has not prevented the metropolis from suffering the problems affecting the rest of the country, namely, inequality and violence. Only in 2023, the city registered a crime incidence of 52,723 reported cases for every 100,000 inhabitants and around 24 percent of the population lived under the poverty line.

Population in largest city in Mexico was reported at 22505315 in 2024, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. Mexico - Population in largest city - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on July of 2025.

Mexico MX: Population in Largest City data was reported at 21,500,251.000 Person in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 21,419,976.000 Person for 2016. Mexico MX: Population in Largest City data is updated yearly, averaging 15,225,498.500 Person from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2017, with 58 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 21,500,251.000 Person in 2017 and a record low of 5,479,184.000 Person in 1960. Mexico MX: Population in Largest City data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Mexico – Table MX.World Bank.WDI: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Population in largest city is the urban population living in the country's largest metropolitan area.; ; United Nations, World Urbanization Prospects.; ;

Mexico City ranked as the most densely populated city in Mexico as of 2023. The capital recorded ***** inhabitants per square kilometer. Xalapa and Acapulco followed with ***** and ***** inhabitants per square kilometer, respectively.

Population in the largest city (% of urban population) in Mexico was reported at 21.01 % in 2024, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. Mexico - Population in the largest city - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on July of 2025.

Mexico MX: Population in Largest City: as % of Urban Population data was reported at 20.842 % in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of 21.105 % for 2016. Mexico MX: Population in Largest City: as % of Urban Population data is updated yearly, averaging 25.978 % from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2017, with 58 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 28.774 % in 1969 and a record low of 20.842 % in 2017. Mexico MX: Population in Largest City: as % of Urban Population data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Mexico – Table MX.World Bank.WDI: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Population in largest city is the percentage of a country's urban population living in that country's largest metropolitan area.; ; United Nations, World Urbanization Prospects.; Weighted average;

A dataset listing New Mexico cities by population for 2024.

During the last census, Iztapalapa registered a total of 1.8 million inhabitants, a population higher than the eight States with the lowest population in Mexico. Gustavo A. Madero and Álvaro Obregón ranked second and third, respectively. In contrast, Milpa Alta registered only 152,685 inhabitants.

The statistic depicts the total population of Mexico from 2020 to 2024, with projections up until 2030. In 2020, Mexico's total population amounted to about 128.21 million people. Total population of Mexico The total population of Mexico was expected to reach 116.02 million people by the end of 2013. Despite being the source of one of the largest migration flows in the world, Mexico has managed to maintain around a 1.25 percent population growth rate for the last several years, roughly the same growth rate as India. Among the largest cities in Mexico, Mexico City is leading with more than 8.5 million inhabitants. A slowly declining fertility rate still holds above the replacement rate, and life expectancy is growing, expanding the population from both ends of the age spectrum. With the rising life expectancy, the median age of Mexican residents has also increased, and an increasing stream of immigrants from the financially-troubled Spain has also boosted population numbers. The majority of the Mexican population is Roman Catholic, owing to its colonial Spanish background. Spanish is the predominant language, with several regional and local dialects spoken, but a number of indigenous languages, such as Nahuatl, survive and are also spoken around Mexico. One worrying and relatively recent trend in Mexico is the growing share of the population becoming overweight or obese. It is not entirely clear what sort of effect the obesity epidemic is going to have on Mexican population numbers in the long run, but is starting to manifest itself not just in physical appearance, but in the increased rates of heart disease, hypertension, and diabetes. In fact, diabetes was one of the top causes of deaths for Mexicans in recent years.

It is estimated that more than 8 billion people live on Earth and the population is likely to hit more than 9 billion by 2050. Approximately 55 percent of Earth’s human population currently live in areas classified as urban. That number is expected to grow by 2050 to 68 percent, according to the United Nations (UN).The largest cities in the world include Tōkyō, Japan; New Delhi, India; Shanghai, China; México City, Mexico; and São Paulo, Brazil. Each of these cities classifies as a megacity, a city with more than 10 million people. The UN estimates the world will have 43 megacities by 2030.Most cities' populations are growing as people move in for greater economic, educational, and healthcare opportunities. But not all cities are expanding. Those cities whose populations are declining may be experiencing declining fertility rates (the number of births is lower than the number of deaths), shrinking economies, emigration, or have experienced a natural disaster that resulted in fatalities or forced people to leave the region.This Global Cities map layer contains data published in 2018 by the Population Division of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA). It shows urban agglomerations. The UN DESA defines an urban agglomeration as a continuous area where population is classified at urban levels (by the country in which the city resides) regardless of what local government systems manage the area. Since not all places record data the same way, some populations may be calculated using the city population as defined by its boundary and the metropolitan area. If a reliable estimate for the urban agglomeration was unable to be determined, the population of the city or metropolitan area is used.Data Citation: United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs. World Urbanization Prospects: The 2018 Revision. Statistical Papers - United Nations (ser. A), Population and Vital Statistics Report, 2019, https://doi.org/10.18356/b9e995fe-en.

Mexico population density for 2022 was 66.16, a 0.76% increase from 2021.

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<li>Mexico population density for 2021 was <strong>65.66</strong>, a <strong>0.67% increase</strong> from 2020.</li>
<li>Mexico population density for 2020 was <strong>65.23</strong>, a <strong>0.82% increase</strong> from 2019.</li>
<li>Mexico population density for 2019 was <strong>64.69</strong>, a <strong>0.95% increase</strong> from 2018.</li>
</ul>Population density is midyear population divided by land area in square kilometers. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship--except for refugees not permanently settled in the country of asylum, who are generally considered part of the population of their country of origin. Land area is a country's total area, excluding area under inland water bodies, national claims to continental shelf, and exclusive economic zones. In most cases the definition of inland water bodies includes major rivers and lakes.

Consumer Price Index (CPI): Mexico City. Metropolitan Areas data was reported at 102.859 16Jul2018-31Jul2018=100 in Mar 2019. This records an increase from the previous number of 102.513 16Jul2018-31Jul2018=100 for Feb 2019. Consumer Price Index (CPI): Mexico City. Metropolitan Areas data is updated monthly, averaging 13.445 16Jul2018-31Jul2018=100 from Jan 1969 (Median) to Mar 2019, with 603 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 102.859 16Jul2018-31Jul2018=100 in Mar 2019 and a record low of 0.012 16Jul2018-31Jul2018=100 in Jan 1969. Consumer Price Index (CPI): Mexico City. Metropolitan Areas data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by National Institute of Statistics and Geography. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Mexico – Table MX.I018: Consumer Price Index: by Major City: Second Half July 2018=100.

In July 2024, the inflation rate of Mexico compared to the same month of the previous year reached **** percentage points, the highest figure since, at least, the beginning of 2018. Tapachula, in the State of Chiapas, registered the largest year-on-year increase in prices, with inflation reaching **** percent.

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In 2020, the total population of Mexico City reached 9.2 million and a population density of 6,163.3 residents per square kilometer. This made Mexico City the federal entity with the largest population density in the country. The State of Mexico followed second, with a population density of 760.2 inhabitants per square kilometer.

Mexico City is home to the largest number of startup companies in Mexico. The country's capital harbored *** startup businesses as of September 2024, followed by Monterrey, with **. In Brazil, the majority of startup companies are located in the city of São Paulo.

Abstract

Microenterprise sectors are a dominant feature in urban areas of low- and middle-income countries. As much as a third of the labor force in these economies is self-employed. Those involved in retail trade—street vendors and owners of small shops and restaurants—are a plurality of small scale enterprises. These vendors earn their living using their own labor and small amounts of capital. They generally lack access to loans from formal financial institutions, relying on their own savings and perhaps informal loans from family members or friends. Surveys indicate that the lack of access to finance is one of their most often mentioned complaints.

This study uses data from the Mexican National Survey of Microenterprises (ENAMIN) to estimate returns to capital. A randomized experiment was designed to generate data which allow a consistent measure of returns to capital in microenterprises. Data was collected from a panel of microenterprises in the city of Leon, in Mexico over a period of five quarters. The baseline survey was carried out in November 2005. After the first through fourth rounds of the survey, treatments were administered in the form of either cash or equipment to randomly selected enterprises in the sample. The treatments generate shocks to capital stock which are random, uncorrelated with either the ability of the enterprise owner or the prospects for the business.

An unbiased estimate of returns to capital has important policy implications in several areas. First, the returns from investment determine the interest rates which borrowers are willing to pay to microlending organizations. Higher returns imply a higher likelihood of developing financially sustainable microlenders. Second, if returns are low below some investment threshold, then these low returns may act as an entry barrier, preventing high ability entrepreneurs without access to capital from entering. If, on the other hand, returns to capital are high at very low levels of investment, then capital-constrained entrepreneurs should be able to enter and grow to a desired size by reinvesting profits earned in the enterprise. In that case, capital constraints will have short term costs, but fewer long term effects on outcomes. High returns at low very low capital stock levels suggest that credit constraints will not lead to poverty traps.

Geographic coverage

Leon, Mexico. Leon is the fifth largest city in Mexico, with a metropolitan area population of approximately 1.4 million. The city is the center of Mexico's shoe and leather industries, and is also home to an active microenterprise sector.

Analysis unit

• Microenterprise

Universe

The research team set out to select a sample of enterprises with less than 100,000 pesos (approximately US$1000) in capital stock, excluding land and buildings. The sample was limited to enterprises engaged in retail trade and owned by males aged 22-55. In order to cover only full-time work, the owners were required to be working 35 hours or more a week in the baseline period.

Kind of data

Sample survey data [ssd]

Sampling procedure

The sample frame was based on the 10% public use sample of the 2000 population census for the city of Leon. Data was examined at the level of the smallest geographical unit available in the public sample, the UPM (unidad primaria de muestreo). For each UPM, the research team calculated for males 22-55 years of age the average education level and the percentage self-employed in the retail sector. They also calculated the percentage of households in the UPM with a male household head present. Using these data, 20 UPMS were selected with high rates of retail self employment and modest average levels of education.

The screening survey identified enterprises owned by males 22-55 years of age in the retail sector, operating without paid employees. Enterprises with paid employees are very likely to exceed our upper limit of 100,000 pesos of capital stock, so the lack of paid employees was used as an initial screen for capital stock. Where the screening survey was administered to the owners, we also asked for the value of the capital stock excluding land and buildings, measured at replacement cost.

The sample is limited to males aged 22-55 operating in the retail sector. The average enterprise has been operating for just over five years. Only 20 percent of the enterprises were started within a year of the baseline survey. Almost 20 percent are at least ten years old. Sales average 5,700 pesos per month, and profits 3,486 pesos per month. The median levels of sales and profits are similar, 5,000 and 3,000 pesos per month, respectively. We asked owners for profits before accounting for any compensation for their own time, so the profit levels should be viewed as including the opportunity cost of the time spent in the enterprise by the owner. As a result of this, profits are never reported as being negative.

Mode of data collection

Face-to-face [f2f]

Research instrument

The study employed several questionnaires that are explained below. - Survey screen: the screening questionnaire used to determine eligibility for the study - Survey baseline: the baseline survey of enterprises - Household Survey round 1: the baseline survey of households attached to the enterprise - Round 2, Round 3, Round 4, Round 5 surveys: follow-up surveys of enterprises - Round 5 household survey: follow-up survey of the household - Digit span recall showcard: showcard of digits used for digitspan recall test

The survey instrument was modeled after the Mexican National Survey of Microenterprises (ENAMIN) survey. In the first round, detailed information was gathered on the capital invested in the enterprise, separated into tools, machinery and equipment, vehicles, real estate and buildings, and inventories and finished and unfinished goods. Operational data was also gathered on the firm--revenues, expenses and profits-for the preceding month, and personal information about the owner. In each subsequent survey, firms were asked about changes in capital stock, either purchase of new assets or sales of existing assets, and operational data for another month of the survey.

The Mexican residential real estate market, valued at $14.51 billion in 2025, exhibits a promising growth trajectory with a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 4.14% projected from 2025 to 2033. This robust expansion is fueled by several key drivers. A growing middle class with increasing disposable income is a significant factor, alongside government initiatives promoting affordable housing and infrastructure development. Urbanization continues to drive demand, particularly in major metropolitan areas like Mexico City, Guadalajara, and Monterrey. Furthermore, the tourism sector's influence on secondary housing markets in coastal and resort regions contributes significantly to the overall market dynamism. However, challenges exist; fluctuations in the Mexican Peso against the US dollar can affect investment sentiment, and interest rate changes impact mortgage accessibility. Regulatory hurdles and bureaucratic processes related to land ownership and construction permits sometimes impede development. The market is segmented by property type, with apartments and condominiums likely holding the largest share, followed by landed houses and villas, reflecting diverse consumer preferences and housing needs. Competition is intense, with a mix of both large national developers like Grupo Lar and Grupo Sordo Madaleno, alongside smaller regional players vying for market share. The market's future success depends on navigating these challenges effectively while capitalizing on the underlying growth opportunities. The projected market expansion will likely see a more pronounced increase in higher-value segments (landed houses and villas) as rising incomes fuel demand for luxury properties. Geographical variations are expected; while urban centers will experience sustained growth, resort areas might see more volatile fluctuations influenced by tourism trends. The market's resilience will be tested by its ability to adapt to potential economic shifts and effectively address regulatory constraints. Continuous investment in infrastructure and supportive government policies will be pivotal in fostering sustainable and inclusive growth across all market segments within the forecast period. The presence of both large and small players ensures a competitive landscape, promoting innovation and diversification within the industry. Recent developments include: June 2023: Habi, a prominent real estate technology platform, is set to receive a substantial financial boost of USD 15 million from IDB Invest. This funding, spread over four years, aims to fuel Habi's expansion plans in Mexico. While the structured loan has the potential to reach USD 50 million, its primary focus is to cater to Habi's working capital needs. IDB Invest's strategic move is not just about bolstering Habi's growth; it also aims to leverage technology to enhance liquidity and agility in Mexico's secondary real estate markets. By addressing the housing gap in Mexico, this funding initiative is poised to elevate market efficiency, bolster transparency, encourage local contractors for home renovations, and expand Habi's corridor network., June 2023: Celaya Tequila, a premium tequila brand crafted in small batches and co-founded by brothers Matt & Ryan Kalil, is forging a philanthropic alliance with New Story, a non-profit dedicated to eradicating global homelessness. In a groundbreaking move, Celaya Tequila pledges to contribute a percentage of sales from every bottle towards an affordable housing endeavor in Jalisco, Mexico. This endeavor aims to empower underprivileged families in Jalisco by enhancing their access to homes and land ownership.. Key drivers for this market are: 4., Increasing Residential Real Estate Demand by Young People4.; Increase in Average Housing Price in Mexico. Potential restraints include: 4., Increasing Residential Real Estate Demand by Young People4.; Increase in Average Housing Price in Mexico. Notable trends are: Demand for Residential Real Estate Witnessing Notable Surge, Primarily Driven by Young Homebuyers.

In May 2019, 15.96 percent of population of Puebla aged eight or older consumed pay TV content on workdays (Monday to Friday); the same was true for 16.34 percent of the population at weekends. Puebla is the fourth largest city in Mexico by population, after Mexico City, Ecatepec and Guadalajara. In general, pay TV reach in Mexico amounted to 52 percent in 2018.