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City profile · Mexico · North America

Iztapalapa

Mexico City · Mexico
City population
1,835,486
#3
in Mexico
#2
in Mexico City
#234
worldwide
Mexico CityIztapalapa
19.355, -99.062 · 11 km from Mexico City
City population
1,835,486
Within the city boundary, not a metro area
Rank in Mexico
#3
of 625 cities of 15,000+
World rank
#234
of 31,365 cities listed
Share of Mexico
1.4%
of the national population

About Iztapalapa

The world's 234th-largest city, Iztapalapa holds 1,835,486 people and ranks third in Mexico. It lies 11 km from Mexico City and accounts for 1.4% of Mexico's national population. Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl, with 1,077,208 residents, sits 7 km away; Iztacalco (384,326) is 6 km distant.

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
#3of 625
LargestSmallest
Position in Mexico City
#2of 20
LargestSmallest

Key Facts

Country
Mexico
Region
Mexico City
Rank in region
#2of 20
Distance to capital
11 km
to Mexico City
Elevation
2,238 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
America/Mexico_City
Coordinates
19.355, -99.062
Record updated
2025-10-22
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.

6KMIztacalco384K people7KMCiudad Nezahualcoyotl1.08M people9KMLos Reyes Acaquilpan85K people10KMTláhuac305K people10KMCoyoacán614K 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. Iztapalapa1.84M
City-proper figures only. Administrative boundaries differ between countries, so these are not directly comparable to metropolitan-area estimates.
Iztapalapa 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
Iztapalapa1.84M

Iztapalapa Population FAQ

What is the population of Iztapalapa?

Iztapalapa has a city population of 1,835,486. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.

Where is Iztapalapa?

Iztapalapa is in Mexico City, Mexico, 11 km from the capital, Mexico City. Its coordinates are 19.355, -99.062.

How big is Iztapalapa compared with other cities in Mexico?

It is the 3rd largest of the 625 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Mexico, holding 1.4% of the national population.

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