What is the population of Ciudad Juárez?
Ciudad Juárez has a city population of 1,512,450. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.
About Ciudad Juárez
Mexico's eighth-largest city by population, Ciudad Juárez holds 1.1% of the national population with 1,512,450 residents. Situated 1,551 km from Mexico City, the city sits at an elevation of 1,124 m. El Paso, with a population of 678,815, lies 5 km away.
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 12
Elevation
1,124 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
America/Ciudad_Juarez
Coordinates
31.720, -106.461
Record updated
2025-08-01
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 |
| Ciudad Juárez | 1.51M |
Ciudad Juárez Population FAQ
Where is Ciudad Juárez?
Ciudad Juárez is in Chihuahua, Mexico, 1,551 km from the capital, Mexico City. Its coordinates are 31.720, -106.461.
How big is Ciudad Juárez compared with other cities in Mexico?
It is the 8th largest of the 625 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Mexico, holding 1.1% of the national population.