Mexico - Urban population

Urban population

The value for Urban population in Mexico was 104,088,700 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 104,088,700 in 2020 and a minimum value of 19,170,350 in 1960.

Definition: Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated using World Bank population estimates and urban ratios from the United Nations World Urbanization Prospects. Aggregation of urban and rural population may not add up to total population because of different country coverages.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based on the United Nations Population Division's World Urbanization Prospects: 2018 Revision.

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Year Value
1960 19,170,350
1961 20,102,580
1962 21,073,600
1963 22,084,930
1964 23,139,150
1965 24,237,680
1966 25,382,270
1967 26,571,110
1968 27,805,280
1969 29,082,640
1970 30,392,020
1971 31,728,520
1972 33,104,920
1973 34,514,980
1974 35,952,180
1975 37,409,350
1976 38,883,280
1977 40,371,910
1978 41,879,100
1979 43,407,700
1980 44,952,210
1981 46,412,880
1982 47,890,690
1983 49,383,430
1984 50,884,710
1985 52,390,620
1986 53,899,560
1987 55,410,750
1988 56,925,350
1989 58,445,700
1990 59,951,350
1991 61,411,740
1992 62,876,080
1993 64,340,300
1994 65,800,650
1995 67,251,520
1996 68,621,420
1997 69,944,980
1998 71,260,340
1999 72,568,680
2000 73,899,940
2001 75,268,750
2002 76,634,720
2003 78,013,780
2004 79,428,220
2005 80,890,450
2006 82,408,290
2007 83,973,950
2008 85,573,770
2009 87,182,000
2010 88,781,440
2011 90,370,890
2012 91,948,800
2013 93,515,780
2014 95,072,140
2015 96,615,310
2016 98,145,000
2017 99,655,900
2018 101,149,500
2019 102,626,900
2020 104,088,700

Urban population (% of total population)

Urban population (% of total population) in Mexico was 80.73 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 80.73 in 2020, while its lowest value was 50.75 in 1960.

Definition: Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. The data are collected and smoothed by United Nations Population Division.

Source: United Nations Population Division. World Urbanization Prospects: 2018 Revision.

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Year Value
1960 50.75
1961 51.59
1962 52.43
1963 53.27
1964 54.10
1965 54.93
1966 55.76
1967 56.59
1968 57.41
1969 58.23
1970 59.02
1971 59.78
1972 60.53
1973 61.28
1974 62.02
1975 62.76
1976 63.49
1977 64.22
1978 64.93
1979 65.65
1980 66.34
1981 66.87
1982 67.40
1983 67.92
1984 68.44
1985 68.95
1986 69.46
1987 69.96
1988 70.46
1989 70.96
1990 71.42
1991 71.82
1992 72.21
1993 72.60
1994 72.99
1995 73.37
1996 73.67
1997 73.93
1998 74.19
1999 74.44
2000 74.72
2001 75.05
2002 75.37
2003 75.68
2004 76.00
2005 76.31
2006 76.62
2007 76.92
2008 77.22
2009 77.52
2010 77.82
2011 78.11
2012 78.41
2013 78.70
2014 78.99
2015 79.29
2016 79.58
2017 79.87
2018 80.16
2019 80.44
2020 80.73

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization