Culiacan, Mexico Metro Area Population 1950-2025

Chart and table of population level and growth rate for the Culiacan, Mexico metro area from 1950 to 2025. United Nations population projections are also included through the year 2035.
  • The current metro area population of Culiacan in 2025 is 918,000, a 1.55% increase from 2024.
  • The metro area population of Culiacan in 2024 was 904,000, a 1.69% increase from 2023.
  • The metro area population of Culiacan in 2023 was 889,000, a 1.83% increase from 2022.
  • The metro area population of Culiacan in 2022 was 873,000, a 1.99% increase from 2021.
Data Source: United Nations - World Population Prospects

MLA Citation:
Other Cities in Mexico
City Name Population
Mexico City 22,752,000
Guadalajara 5,579,000
Monterrey 5,272,000
Puebla 3,443,000
Toluca de Lerdo 2,720,000
Tijuana 2,333,000
Leon de los Aldamas 1,950,000
La Laguna 1,867,000
Ciudad Juarez 1,626,000
Queretaro 1,459,000
San Luis Potosi 1,311,000
Merida 1,258,000
Mexicali 1,215,000
Aguascalientes 1,197,000
Cuernavaca 1,156,000
Chihuahua 1,154,000
Tampico 1,078,000
Saltillo 1,066,000
Cancun 1,065,000
Acapulco de Juarez 1,047,000
Morelia 1,016,000
Reynosa 983,000
Veracruz 981,000
Villahermosa 972,000
Hermosillo 944,000
Tuxtla Gutierrez 928,000
Culiacan 918,000
Xalapa 835,000
Oaxaca de Juarez 757,000
Celaya 727,000
Pachuca de Soto 693,000
Durango 687,000
Tlaxcala 646,000
Matamoros 604,000
Tepic 601,000
Poza Rica de Hidalgo 598,000
Puerto Vallarta 578,000
Cuautla Morelos 559,000
Orizaba 505,000
Mazatlan 492,000
Irapuato 490,000
Nuevo Laredo 481,000
Colima 447,000
Minatitlan 428,000
Coatzacoalcos 423,000
Ciudad Obregon 408,000
Zacatecas 399,000
Ciudad Victoria 392,000
Monclova 386,000
Cordoba 375,000
Tehuacan 367,000
Ensenada 363,000
Uruapan 362,000
Los Mochis 342,000
Culiacan - Historical Population Data
Year Population Growth Rate
2025 918,000 1.55%
2024 904,000 1.69%
2023 889,000 1.83%
2022 873,000 1.99%
2021 856,000 2.03%
2020 839,000 2.07%
2019 822,000 2.24%
2018 804,000 2.16%
2017 787,000 2.08%
2016 771,000 2.25%
2015 754,000 2.17%
2014 738,000 2.22%
2013 722,000 2.12%
2012 707,000 2.17%
2011 692,000 2.22%
2010 677,000 2.42%
2009 661,000 2.32%
2008 646,000 2.54%
2007 630,000 2.27%
2006 616,000 2.33%
2005 602,000 2.03%
2004 590,000 2.08%
2003 578,000 1.94%
2002 567,000 1.98%
2001 556,000 2.02%
2000 545,000 1.68%
1999 536,000 1.71%
1998 527,000 1.54%
1997 519,000 1.57%
1996 511,000 2.40%
1995 499,000 3.53%
1994 482,000 3.43%
1993 466,000 3.56%
1992 450,000 3.69%
1991 434,000 3.58%
1990 419,000 3.20%
1989 406,000 3.31%
1988 393,000 3.15%
1987 381,000 3.25%
1986 369,000 3.07%
1985 358,000 3.17%
1984 347,000 3.27%
1983 336,000 3.38%
1982 325,000 3.17%
1981 315,000 2.94%
1980 306,000 5.88%
1979 289,000 5.86%
1978 273,000 5.81%
1977 258,000 6.17%
1976 243,000 5.65%
1975 230,000 5.99%
1974 217,000 5.85%
1973 205,000 6.22%
1972 193,000 6.04%
1971 182,000 5.81%
1970 172,000 6.83%
1969 161,000 7.33%
1968 150,000 7.14%
1967 140,000 7.69%
1966 130,000 6.56%
1965 122,000 7.96%
1964 113,000 6.60%
1963 106,000 8.16%
1962 98,000 6.52%
1961 92,000 8.24%
1960 85,000 4.94%
1959 81,000 6.58%
1958 76,000 5.56%
1957 72,000 5.88%
1956 68,000 4.62%
1955 65,000 6.56%
1954 61,000 5.17%
1953 58,000 5.45%
1952 55,000 5.77%
1951 52,000 6.12%
1950 49,000 0.00%