What is the population of San Luis Potosí?
San Luis Potosí has a city population of 722,772. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.
City profile · Mexico · North America
San Luis Potosí
City population
722,772
#23
in Mexico
#1
in San Luis Potosi
#766
worldwide
22.152, -100.971 · 358 km from Mexico City
About San Luis Potosí
Located 358 km from Mexico City, San Luis Potosí has a population of 722,772. The city accounts for 0.5% of Mexico's national population and ranks as the 23rd largest city in the country. Soledad de Graciano Sánchez, with 332,072 residents, lies 5 km away, making the two cities closely spaced urban centres in the region.
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 11
Elevation
1,886 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
America/Monterrey
Coordinates
22.152, -100.971
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 |
| San Luis Potosí | 723K |
San Luis Potosí Population FAQ
Where is San Luis Potosí?
San Luis Potosí is in San Luis Potosi, Mexico, 358 km from the capital, Mexico City. Its coordinates are 22.152, -100.971.
How big is San Luis Potosí compared with other cities in Mexico?
It is the 23rd largest of the 625 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Mexico, holding 0.5% of the national population.