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Tlalpan

Mexico City · Mexico
City population
574,577
#33
in Mexico
#5
in Mexico City
#971
worldwide
Mexico CityTlalpan
19.295, -99.162 · 15 km from Mexico City
City population
574,577
Within the city boundary, not a metro area
Rank in Mexico
#33
of 625 cities of 15,000+
World rank
#971
of 31,365 cities listed
Share of Mexico
0.4%
of the national population

About Tlalpan

The fifth-largest of Mexico City's 20 boroughs, this municipality holds 574,577 residents at an elevation of 2,256 m. It sits 15 km from the capital's centre, surrounded by larger neighbours: Coyoacán at 6 km with 614,447 residents, and Xochimilco at 8 km with 442,178. Three other substantial cities lie within 10 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
#33of 625
LargestSmallest
Position in Mexico City
#5of 20
LargestSmallest

Key Facts

Country
Mexico
Region
Mexico City
Rank in region
#5of 20
Distance to capital
15 km
to Mexico City
Elevation
2,256 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
America/Mexico_City
Coordinates
19.295, -99.162
Record updated
2018-11-03
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.

6KMCoyoacán614K people7KMMagdalena Contreras238K people8KMXochimilco442K people11KMBenito Juarez355K people12KMIztapalapa1.84M 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. Tlalpan575K
City-proper figures only. Administrative boundaries differ between countries, so these are not directly comparable to metropolitan-area estimates.
Tlalpan 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
Tlalpan575K

Tlalpan Population FAQ

What is the population of Tlalpan?

Tlalpan has a city population of 574,577. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.

Where is Tlalpan?

Tlalpan is in Mexico City, Mexico, 15 km from the capital, Mexico City. Its coordinates are 19.295, -99.162.

How big is Tlalpan compared with other cities in Mexico?

It is the 33rd largest of the 625 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Mexico, holding 0.4% of the national population.

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