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 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
Elevation
47 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
America/Mazatlan
Coordinates
24.802, -107.394
Record updated
2026-04-14
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 of 15,000 or more listed in Mexico, holding 0.6% of the national population.