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Cuautitlán Izcalli

Mexico · Mexico
City population
555,163
#34
in Mexico
#5
in Mexico
#1,003
worldwide
Mexico CityCuautitlán Izcalli
19.644, -99.216 · 26 km from Mexico City
City population
555,163
Within the city boundary, not a metro area
Rank in Mexico
#34
of 625 cities of 15,000+
World rank
#1,003
of 31,365 cities listed
Share of Mexico
0.4%
of the national population

About Cuautitlán Izcalli

Ringed by several large settlements, this city sits 5 km from Cuautitlán (178,847) and Tultitlán de Mariano Escobedo (28,017), and 6 km from Buenavista (216,776). A population of 555,163 makes it Mexico's fifth-largest city proper, accounting for 0.4% of the national total. Located 26 km from Mexico City at an elevation of 2,288 m, it ranks 1,003rd globally among cities.

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
#34of 625
LargestSmallest
Position in Mexico
#5of 83
LargestSmallest

Key Facts

Country
Mexico
Region
Mexico
Rank in region
#5of 83
Distance to capital
26 km
to Mexico City
Elevation
2,288 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
America/Mexico_City
Coordinates
19.644, -99.216
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 Mexico

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

5KMCuautitlán179K people6KMBuenavista217K people8KMFuentes del Valle74K people10KMNicolás Romero282K people10KMSantiago Teyahualco54K 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. Cuautitlán Izcalli555K
City-proper figures only. Administrative boundaries differ between countries, so these are not directly comparable to metropolitan-area estimates.
Cuautitlán Izcalli 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
Cuautitlán Izcalli555K

Cuautitlán Izcalli Population FAQ

What is the population of Cuautitlán Izcalli?

Cuautitlán Izcalli has a city population of 555,163. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.

Where is Cuautitlán Izcalli?

Cuautitlán Izcalli is in Mexico, Mexico, 26 km from the capital, Mexico City. Its coordinates are 19.644, -99.216.

How big is Cuautitlán Izcalli compared with other cities in Mexico?

It is the 34th largest of the 625 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Mexico, holding 0.4% of the national population.

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