Mexico

North AmericaCapital: Mexico City

2026 population

131.0M

Rank #10 globally

Area

2.0M km²

Metros tracked

67% of population in metros

Composite score

195.2

Rank #14 globally

93 tracked metros

Rank	Metro	Population	Score	Tier
#27	Mexico City★ Capital▲ Largest	26.4M	61.6	World City
#160	Monterrey	5.3M	17.4	Regional Hub
#167	Guadalajara	5.3M	16.3	Regional Hub
#279	Cancun	934K	9.0	Established City
#310	Los Cabos	351K	8.1	Established City
#351	Puebla	3.3M	7.0	Established City
#391	Puerto Vallarta	479K	6.0	Established City
#532	Querétaro	1.6M	4.1	Emerging City
#564	Tijuana	2.2M	3.8	Emerging City
#605	San Miguel de Allende	175K	3.4	Emerging City
#643	Aguascalientes	1.1M	3.1	Emerging City
#657	Ciudad Juarez	1.5M	3.0	Emerging City
#668	Oaxaca	714K	2.9	Emerging City
#673	San Luis Potosí	1.3M	2.9	Emerging City
#708	Manzanillo	191K	2.6	Emerging City
#720	Mazatlán	501K	2.6	Emerging City
#745	Merida	1.3M	2.4	Emerging City
#763	Acapulco	853K	2.3	Emerging City
#789	Torreon	1.4M	2.2	Emerging City
#870	Leon	1.9M	1.9	Emerging City
#887	Mexicali	1.0M	1.8	Emerging City
#893	Chihuahua	988K	1.8	Emerging City
#928	Córdoba	336K	1.7	Emerging City
#1018	Pachuca	666K	1.5	Emerging City
#1022	Veracruz	939K	1.5	Emerging City
#1068	Chetumal	234K	1.4	Emerging City
#1213	Durango	689K	1.1	Emerging City
#1224	Culiacan	1.0M	1.1	Emerging City
#1245	Hermosillo	936K	1.1	Emerging City
#1292	Playa del Carmen	381K	1.0	Emerging City
#1322	Ciudad del Carmen	249K	1.0	Emerging City
#1368	Cozumel	89K	0.9	Local City
#1450	Morelia	989K	0.8	Local City
#1471	Ensenada	444K	0.8	Local City
#1496	Villahermosa	834K	0.8	Local City
#1532	Saltillo	1.0M	0.7	Local City
#1537	Lázaro Cárdenas	196K	0.7	Local City
#1555	Palenque	132K	0.7	Local City
#1719	Tampico	927K	0.6	Local City
#1788	Tuxtla Gutiérrez	848K	0.5	Local City
#1802	Reynosa	837K	0.5	Local City
#1833	Tula	805K	0.5	Local City
#1861	Zacatecas–Guadalupe	405K	0.5	Local City
#1872	Celaya	767K	0.5	Local City
#1906	Tlaxcala–Apizaco	653K	0.5	Local City
#1969	Tepic	491K	0.4	Local City
#1984	Los Mochis	459K	0.4	Local City
#1995	Ciudad Obregón	436K	0.4	Local City
#1999	Nuevo Laredo	425K	0.4	Local City
#2036	Monclova–Frontera	374K	0.4	Local City
#2041	Guasave	369K	0.4	Local City
#2108	Campeche	294K	0.3	Local City
#2109	La Paz (BCS)	292K	0.3	Local City
#2118	Cuernavaca	1.0M	0.3	Local City
#2123	Zamora	274K	0.3	Local City
#2296	Macuspana	159K	0.3	Local City
#2320	Tepatitlán	150K	0.3	Local City
#2399	Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo	126K	0.3	Local City
#2773	Xalapa	778K	0.3	Local City
#2886	Uruapan	357K	0.2	Local City
#2922	Irapuato	593K	0.2	Local City
#2938	Matamoros	542K	0.2	Local City
#2944	Poza Rica	522K	0.2	Local City
#2957	Cuautla	483K	0.2	Local City
#2971	Orizaba	465K	0.2	Local City
#3017	Colima–Villa de Álvarez	381K	0.1	Local City
#3036	Minatitlán	359K	0.1	Local City
#3038	Tehuacán	358K	0.1	Local City
#3040	Coatzacoalcos	356K	0.1	Local City
#3041	Tapachula	354K	0.1	Local City
#3044	Ciudad Victoria	350K	0.1	Local City
#3053	Chilpancingo	336K	0.1	Local City
#3086	San Juan del Río	298K	0.1	Local City
#3113	Salamanca (GUA)	273K	0.1	Local City
#3117	Tulancingo	268K	0.1	Local City
#3123	Nogales	265K	0.1	Local City
#3133	La Piedad–Pénjamo	261K	0.1	Local City
#3195	San Francisco del Rincón	215K	0.1	Local City
#3204	Piedras Negras	209K	0.1	Local City
#3208	Guaymas	208K	0.1	Local City
#3239	Delicias	195K	0.1	Local City
#3241	Guanajuato	195K	0.1	Local City
#3260	Ocotlán	183K	0.1	Local City
#3266	Cuauhtémoc	181K	0.1	Local City
#3267	Tehuantepec	180K	0.1	Local City
#3309	Navojoa	164K	0.1	Local City
#3357	Rioverde	146K	0.0	Local City
#3366	Tecomán	144K	0.0	Local City
#3382	Teziutlán	139K	0.0	Local City
#3459	Hidalgo del Parral	122K	0.0	Local City
#3504	Acayucan	114K	0.0	Local City
#3546	Moroleón–Uriangato	109K	0.0	Local City
#4073	Zacatepec	36K	0.0	Local City