Hermosillo — UN urban centre
Hermosillo: 765,445 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #698 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 1900; territory: Mexico (MEX). UN source workbook.
Method: Degree of Urbanisation (contiguous 1 km2 cells, density 1,500+ people/km2, total 50,000+). This is a source-defined urban centre, not a municipality or province. No association with a separate administrative entity is inferred from proximity or name.
Source centroid: 29.0961, -110.9801. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 135,933 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 290,984 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 347,507 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 412,159 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 504,276 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 548,658 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 616,915 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 685,267 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 736,117 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 741,470 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 765,445 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 778,418 | Projection |
| 2035 | 792,731 | Projection |
| 2040 | 800,787 | Projection |
| 2045 | 806,954 | Projection |
| 2050 | 809,665 | Projection |
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