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Urban population share — Mexico

Urban population share in Mexico in 2025 — 80%. Ranked 58 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 29.3 pp.

2025 80% +0.3 pp vs 2024
World rank 58of 217
Period maximum 80%2025
Period minimum 50.7%1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Urban population share — Mexico, 1960–2025506070809019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 50.7%1962: 52.4%1964: 54.1%1966: 55.8%1968: 57.4%1970: 59%1972: 60.6%1974: 62.1%1976: 63.6%1978: 65%1980: 66.3%1982: 67.5%1984: 68.6%1986: 69.6%1988: 70.6%1990: 71.5%1992: 72.2%1994: 73%1996: 73.6%1998: 74.3%2000: 74.9%2002: 75.7%2004: 76.3%2006: 76.5%2008: 76.5%2010: 76.5%2012: 76.7%2014: 77%2016: 77.4%2018: 78%2020: 78.7%2022: 79.2%2024: 79.8%2025: 80%
Change over the period: +29.3 pp Annual average: 0.45 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Mexico

Mexico 80%
World 57.8%
Latin America & Caribbean 81.5%
Central America computed 75%
Upper-middle-income countries computed 69.8%
Urban population share — Mexico, by year Mexico All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 80 +0.3 pp
2024 79.8 +0.3 pp
2023 79.5 +0.3 pp
2022 79.2 +0.3 pp
2021 78.9 +0.3 pp
2020 78.7 +0.3 pp
2019 78.4 +0.3 pp
2018 78 +0.3 pp
2017 77.7 +0.3 pp
2016 77.4 +0.3 pp
2015 77.2 +0.2 pp
2014 77 +0.2 pp
2013 76.8 +0.1 pp
2012 76.7 +0.1 pp
2011 76.6 +0 pp
2010 76.5 +0 pp
2009 76.5 +0 pp
2008 76.5 +0 pp
2007 76.5 +0 pp
2006 76.5 +0 pp
2005 76.5 +0.1 pp
2004 76.3 +0.3 pp
2003 76 +0.4 pp
2002 75.7 +0.4 pp
2001 75.3 +0.4 pp
2000 74.9 +0.3 pp
1999 74.6 +0.3 pp
1998 74.3 +0.3 pp
1997 74 +0.3 pp
1996 73.6 +0.3 pp
1995 73.3 +0.3 pp
1994 73 +0.4 pp
1993 72.6 +0.4 pp
1992 72.2 +0.4 pp
1991 71.9 +0.4 pp
1990 71.5 +0.4 pp
1989 71 +0.4 pp
1988 70.6 +0.5 pp
1987 70.1 +0.5 pp
1986 69.6 +0.5 pp
1985 69.1 +0.5 pp
1984 68.6 +0.5 pp
1983 68.1 +0.6 pp
1982 67.5 +0.6 pp
1981 66.9 +0.6 pp
1980 66.3 +0.6 pp
1979 65.7 +0.7 pp
1978 65 +0.7 pp
1977 64.3 +0.7 pp
1976 63.6 +0.7 pp
1975 62.9 +0.8 pp
1974 62.1 +0.8 pp
1973 61.4 +0.8 pp
1972 60.6 +0.8 pp
1971 59.8 +0.8 pp
1970 59 +0.8 pp
1969 58.2 +0.8 pp
1968 57.4 +0.8 pp
1967 56.6 +0.8 pp
1966 55.8 +0.8 pp
1965 55 +0.8 pp
1964 54.1 +0.8 pp
1963 53.3 +0.8 pp
1962 52.4 +0.8 pp
1961 51.6 +0.8 pp
1960 50.7 —

Central America, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

MX Mexico 80 CR Costa Rica 79.7 SV El Salvador 75.5 PA Panama 66.2 NI Nicaragua 59.4 HN Honduras 59.3 GT Guatemala 56.3 BZ Belize 41.6
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About the indicator

The share of population living in urban settlements, as a percent of the total. One caveat is central: each country sets the criteria for a city itself — in some places it is a settlement of 2,000 residents or more, in others 20,000, in others administrative status. Cross-country comparisons of urbanization are therefore always approximate, while the trend within a single country is informative.

Important: Sharp jumps in individual years are usually explained not by people moving but by changes in the administrative boundaries of cities.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.

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