What is the population of Culiacán?
Culiacán has a city population of 808,416. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.
About Culiacán
The 20th-largest listed city in Mexico, Culiacán holds 808,416 residents and accounts for 0.6% of the national population. It sits 1,040 km from Mexico City and anchors the state of Sinaloa, where it is the largest settlement by a considerable margin. Three cities of between 24,000 and 29,000 people lie within 31 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 13
Coordinates
24.802, -107.394
Record updated
14 April 2026
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 |
| Culiacán | 808K |
Culiacán Population FAQ
Where is Culiacán?
Culiacán is in Sinaloa, Mexico, 1,040 km from the capital, Mexico City. Its coordinates are 24.802, -107.394.
How big is Culiacán compared with other cities in Mexico?
It is the 20th largest of the 625 cities listed in Mexico, holding 0.6% of the national population.