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Ciudad Juárez: population

Ciudad Juárez, Mexico: 1.21 million people in 2025, by the UN estimate.

Rank among the cities of the country: 9 of 186.

In 1975 it had 502,000 people.

In 2000 it had 1.29 million people, so it has grown by -6% since then.

For 2050 the UN projects 1.27 million people.

A city here is a dense area of at least 1,500 people per km² with at least 50,000 people, drawn on a population grid by the UN degree of urbanisation. It can differ from the city’s administrative borders and from national statistics. Years from 2026 on are projections.

Population, 1975 to 2050Projected from 20260500K1M1.5M19801990200020102020203020402050
2025 Ciudad Juárez: 1.2M

Largest cities: Mexico

City20252050, projected
Ciudad de México (Mexico City)17,734,21217,678,777
Guadalajara4,135,4404,325,736
Monterrey3,938,0154,253,471
Puebla1,947,9712,020,433
Tijuana1,557,6951,720,678
Toluca1,505,0351,518,649
León1,367,5211,474,971
Torreón1,227,8501,265,355
Ciudad Juárez1,212,3701,269,517
San Luis Potosí992,6481,071,266

Mexico: population and ages

Sources: World Urbanization Prospects 2025, UN DESA Population Division (CC BY 3.0 IGO).

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