In 2024, the perception of insecurity in Mexico City stood at approximately 47.49 percent. Between 2011 and 2024, the figure dropped by around 1.09 percentage points, though the decline followed an uneven course rather than a steady trajectory.

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.

Chart and table of population level and growth rate for the Ciudad Victoria, Mexico metro area from 1950 to 2025.

Historical dataset of population level and growth rate for the Ciudad Victoria, Mexico metro area from 1950 to 2025.

Historical dataset of population level and growth rate for the Ciudad Obregon, Mexico metro area from 1950 to 2025.

Number of Emigrants: Ciudad de Mexico data was reported at 53.883 Person th in 2015. This records a decrease from the previous number of 83.006 Person th for 2010. Number of Emigrants: Ciudad de Mexico data is updated yearly, averaging 53.883 Person th from Dec 1975 (Median) to 2015, with 9 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 151.896 Person th in 2000 and a record low of 24.689 Person th in 1975. Number of Emigrants: Ciudad de Mexico data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by National Population Council. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Mexico – Table MX.G007: Number of Emigrants.

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