What is the population of Tijuana?
Tijuana has a city population of 1,922,523. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.
City profile · Mexico · North America
Tijuana
City population
1,922,523
#2
in Mexico
#1
in Baja California
#217
worldwide
32.503, -117.004 · 2,297 km from Mexico City
About Tijuana
At 97 m elevation, Tijuana is Mexico's second-largest city by population with 1,922,523 residents, accounting for 1.5% of the national total. It sits 2,297 km from Mexico City and ranks first among 16 cities in Baja California. Nearby municipalities include La Joya and Pórticos de San Antonio, each within 7 km and holding populations of 26,860 and 34,234 respectively.
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 16
Elevation
97 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
America/Tijuana
Coordinates
32.503, -117.004
Record updated
2025-12-14
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 |
| Tijuana | 1.92M |
Tijuana Population FAQ
Where is Tijuana?
Tijuana is in Baja California, Mexico, 2,297 km from the capital, Mexico City. Its coordinates are 32.503, -117.004.
How big is Tijuana compared with other cities in Mexico?
It is the 2nd largest of the 625 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Mexico, holding 1.5% of the national population.