What is the population of Cancún?
Cancún has a city population of 888,797. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.
City profile · Mexico · North America
Cancún
City population
888,797
#17
in Mexico
#1
in Quintana Roo
#626
worldwide
21.174, -86.847 · 1,295 km from Mexico City
About Cancún
At 11 m above sea level, this coastal city in Quintana Roo holds a population of 888,797. Cancún is the largest of six listed cities in its state and ranks 17th among Mexico's 625 listed cities by population. Playa del Carmen lies 65 km away with 149,923 residents, while Cozumel and three other smaller cities are scattered within 151 km.
This summary is AI-generated from the figures on this page. The figures themselves come from the sources cited beside each value.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Rank in region
#1of 6
Elevation
11 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
America/Cancun
Coordinates
21.174, -86.847
Record updated
2025-10-23
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 MexicoClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.
Compared with the World's Largest Cities
City-proper population against the fifteen largest cities in the dataset.
| Name | City population |
|---|---|
| Shanghai | 24.9M |
| Beijing | 19M |
| Shenzhen | 17.5M |
| Guangzhou | 16.1M |
| Kinshasa | 16M |
| Istanbul | 15.7M |
| Lagos | 15.4M |
| Ho Chi Minh City | 14M |
| Chengdu | 13.6M |
| Lahore | 13M |
| Mumbai | 12.7M |
| São Paulo | 12.4M |
| Mexico City | 12.3M |
| Karachi | 11.6M |
| Tianjin | 11.1M |
| Cancún | 889K |
Cancún Population FAQ
Where is Cancún?
Cancún is in Quintana Roo, Mexico, 1,295 km from the capital, Mexico City. Its coordinates are 21.174, -86.847.
How big is Cancún compared with other cities in Mexico?
It is the 17th largest of the 625 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Mexico, holding 0.7% of the national population.