ATLAS · MEGA-CITIES · MEXICO
Mexico City
Mexico City is the one mega-city of Mexico — the only urban area in the country to pass five million people. The largest, Mexico City, holds an estimated 19,028,000people across its urban agglomeration — one of the largest cities on Earth. From Natural Earth, snapshot 2026-06-24.
MEGA-CITYMexico City
POPULATION~19,028,000
NUMBER OF MEGA-CITIES1
The mega-city
Mexico City~19,028,000 people
In context
Where Mexico Citysits on the world’s scale of mega-cities — from the cities just over five million to the singular supergiant above twenty.
20M+
15–20MMexico City is here
10–15M
7–10M
5–7M
Mega-cities of other countries
Japan · United States · India · Brazil · China · Bangladesh · Argentina · Pakistan