Mexico
Urban population in Mexico
Urban population in Mexico: 42.6% in 1950 and 80% in 2025, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 80%
- Since 1950
- +37.4 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 63 of 229
- counting from the highest
- Projected, 2050
- 89.5%
- UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)
% of people · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts it at 89.5% in 2050.
Every year
% of people · UN
| Year | Mexico |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 80 |
| 2024 | 79.8 |
| 2023 | 79.5 |
| 2022 | 79.2 |
| 2021 | 78.9 |
| 2020 | 78.7 |
| 2019 | 78.4 |
| 2018 | 78 |
| 2017 | 77.7 |
| 2016 | 77.4 |
| 2015 | 77.2 |
| 2014 | 77 |
| 2013 | 76.8 |
| 2012 | 76.7 |
| 2011 | 76.6 |
| 2010 | 76.5 |
| 2009 | 76.5 |
| 2008 | 76.5 |
| 2007 | 76.5 |
| 2006 | 76.5 |
| 2005 | 76.5 |
| 2004 | 76.3 |
| 2003 | 76.1 |
| 2002 | 75.7 |
| 2001 | 75.3 |
| 2000 | 74.9 |
| 1999 | 74.6 |
| 1998 | 74.3 |
| 1997 | 74 |
| 1996 | 73.6 |
| 1995 | 73.3 |
| 1994 | 73 |
| 1993 | 72.6 |
| 1992 | 72.2 |
| 1991 | 71.9 |
| 1990 | 71.5 |
| 1989 | 71 |
| 1988 | 70.6 |
| 1987 | 70.1 |
| 1986 | 69.6 |
| 1985 | 69.1 |
| 1984 | 68.6 |
| 1983 | 68.1 |
| 1982 | 67.5 |
| 1981 | 66.9 |
| 1980 | 66.3 |
| 1979 | 65.7 |
| 1978 | 65 |
| 1977 | 64.4 |
| 1976 | 63.6 |
| 1975 | 62.9 |
| 1974 | 62.1 |
| 1973 | 61.4 |
| 1972 | 60.6 |
| 1971 | 59.8 |
| 1970 | 59 |
| 1969 | 58.3 |
| 1968 | 57.5 |
| 1967 | 56.6 |
| 1966 | 55.8 |
| 1965 | 55 |
| 1964 | 54.1 |
| 1963 | 53.3 |
| 1962 | 52.4 |
| 1961 | 51.6 |
| 1960 | 50.8 |
| 1959 | 49.9 |
| 1958 | 49.1 |
| 1957 | 48.3 |
| 1956 | 47.5 |
| 1955 | 46.7 |
| 1954 | 45.9 |
| 1953 | 45.1 |
| 1952 | 44.2 |
| 1951 | 43.4 |
| 1950 | 42.6 |
UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) · 2026–2050
| Year | Mexico |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 80.3 |
| 2027 | 80.6 |
| 2028 | 80.9 |
| 2029 | 81.3 |
| 2030 | 81.6 |
| 2031 | 81.9 |
| 2032 | 82.2 |
| 2033 | 82.6 |
| 2034 | 82.9 |
| 2035 | 83.3 |
| 2036 | 83.7 |
| 2037 | 84 |
| 2038 | 84.4 |
| 2039 | 84.8 |
| 2040 | 85.2 |
| 2041 | 85.6 |
| 2042 | 86 |
| 2043 | 86.4 |
| 2044 | 86.8 |
| 2045 | 87.3 |
| 2046 | 87.7 |
| 2047 | 88.1 |
| 2048 | 88.6 |
| 2049 | 89 |
| 2050 | 89.5 |
Good to know
- The share of people living in places the country itself counts as urban.
- Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025.
- The dashed line is the UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025), a scenario rather than a forecast.
- Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
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- Military spending0.74% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$13.8B in 2025
- Military spending per person$104 in 2025
- Military share of state spending2.5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel341,000 people in 2020
- National power1.14% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.64% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports9 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports1 million TIV in 2019