What is the population of Mexicali?
Mexicali has a city population of 1,032,686. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.
City profile · Mexico · North America
Mexicali
City population
1,032,686
#15
in Mexico
#2
in Baja California
#521
worldwide
32.628, -115.454 · 2,189 km from Mexico City
About Mexicali
Mexico's 15th-largest city by population, Mexicali holds 1,032,686 residents and accounts for 0.8% of the national total. It sits 2,189 km from Mexico City. The city lies at 4 m elevation and has several neighbours within 30 km: Calexico at 7 km (40,053 people), Santa Isabel at 11 km (29,311), Puebla at 12 km (15,168), El Centro at 21 km (43,956), and Imperial at 27 km (17,095).
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
#2of 16
Elevation
4 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
America/Tijuana
Coordinates
32.628, -115.454
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 |
| Mexicali | 1.03M |
Mexicali Population FAQ
Where is Mexicali?
Mexicali is in Baja California, Mexico, 2,189 km from the capital, Mexico City. Its coordinates are 32.628, -115.454.
How big is Mexicali compared with other cities in Mexico?
It is the 15th largest of the 625 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Mexico, holding 0.8% of the national population.