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City profile · Mexico · North America

Mérida

Yucatan · Mexico
City population
1,201,000
#11
in Mexico
#1
in Yucatan
#442
worldwide
Mexico CityMérida
20.967, -89.623 · 1,006 km from Mexico City
City population
1,201,000
Within the city boundary, not a metro area
Rank in Mexico
#11
of 625 cities of 15,000+
World rank
#442
of 31,365 cities listed
Share of Mexico
0.9%
of the national population

About Mérida

Ranking 442nd in the world, this city of 1.2 million holds 0.9% of Mexico's national population and stands as the largest in Yucatan. Located 1,006 km from Mexico City at an elevation of 10 m, it sits within a cluster of smaller cities—Kanasín lies 8 km away with a population of 77,240, while Umán (39,611), Hunucmá (24,910), Progreso (37,369), and Motul (23,240) are all within 38 km.

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
#11of 625
LargestSmallest
Position in Yucatan
#1of 14
LargestSmallest

Key Facts

Country
Mexico
Region
Yucatan
Rank in region
#1of 14
Distance to capital
1,006 km
to Mexico City
Elevation
10 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
America/Merida
Coordinates
20.967, -89.623
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 Mexico

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

8KMKanasín77K people16KMUmán40K people27KMHunucmá25K people35KMProgreso37K people38KMMotul23K 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. Mérida1.2M
City-proper figures only. Administrative boundaries differ between countries, so these are not directly comparable to metropolitan-area estimates.
Mérida 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
Mérida1.2M

Mérida Population FAQ

What is the population of Mérida?

Mérida has a city population of 1,201,000. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.

Where is Mérida?

Mérida is in Yucatan, Mexico, 1,006 km from the capital, Mexico City. Its coordinates are 20.967, -89.623.

How big is Mérida compared with other cities in Mexico?

It is the 11th largest of the 625 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Mexico, holding 0.9% of the national population.

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