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Acapulco de Juárez

Guerrero · Mexico
City population
658,609
#27
in Mexico
#1
in Guerrero
#842
worldwide
Mexico CityAcapulco de Juárez
16.849, -99.909 · 298 km from Mexico City
City population
658,609
Within the city boundary, not a metro area
Rank in Mexico
#27
of 625 cities of 15,000+
World rank
#842
of 31,365 cities listed
Share of Mexico
0.5%
of the national population

About Acapulco de Juárez

The nearest city of comparable size lies 89 km away—Chilpancingo, with 187,251 people. Smaller towns cluster at 68–97 km distances. The city proper holds 658,609 people, making it the largest in Guerrero state and Mexico's 27th-largest city. At 16 m elevation near sea level, it sits 298 km from Mexico City.

This summary is AI-generated from the figures on this page. The figures themselves come from the sources cited beside each value.

Position in Mexico
#27of 625
LargestSmallest
Position in Guerrero
#1of 18
LargestSmallest

Key Facts

Country
Mexico
Region
Guerrero
Rank in region
#1of 18
Distance to capital
298 km
to Mexico City
Elevation
16 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
America/Mexico_City
Coordinates
16.849, -99.909
Record updated
2025-10-22
Entry edited, not measured

City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.

Nearby Cities

All 625 in Mexico

Closest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.

68KMAtoyac de Álvarez21K people87KMTécpan de Galeana15K people87KMAyutla de los Libres15K people89KMChilpancingo187K people97KMTixtla de Guerrero23K people

Compared with the World's Largest Cities

City-proper population against the fifteen largest cities in the dataset.

  1. Shanghai24.9M
  2. Beijing19M
  3. Shenzhen17.5M
  4. Guangzhou16.1M
  5. Kinshasa16M
  6. Istanbul15.7M
  7. Lagos15.4M
  8. Ho Chi Minh City14M
  9. Chengdu13.6M
  10. Lahore13M
  11. Mumbai12.7M
  12. São Paulo12.4M
  13. Mexico City12.3M
  14. Karachi11.6M
  15. Tianjin11.1M
  16. Acapulco de Juárez659K
City-proper figures only. Administrative boundaries differ between countries, so these are not directly comparable to metropolitan-area estimates.
Acapulco de Juárez compared with the fifteen largest cities
NameCity population
Shanghai24.9M
Beijing19M
Shenzhen17.5M
Guangzhou16.1M
Kinshasa16M
Istanbul15.7M
Lagos15.4M
Ho Chi Minh City14M
Chengdu13.6M
Lahore13M
Mumbai12.7M
São Paulo12.4M
Mexico City12.3M
Karachi11.6M
Tianjin11.1M
Acapulco de Juárez659K

Acapulco de Juárez Population FAQ

What is the population of Acapulco de Juárez?

Acapulco de Juárez has a city population of 658,609. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.

Where is Acapulco de Juárez?

Acapulco de Juárez is in Guerrero, Mexico, 298 km from the capital, Mexico City. Its coordinates are 16.849, -99.909.

How big is Acapulco de Juárez compared with other cities in Mexico?

It is the 27th largest of the 625 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Mexico, holding 0.5% of the national population.

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