Tijuana — UN urban centre
Tijuana: 1,557,695 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #320 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 488; 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: 32.4979, -116.9614. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 93,015 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 294,426 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 495,413 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 746,083 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 942,683 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 1,175,008 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 1,280,119 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 1,446,480 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 1,530,200 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 1,512,172 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 1,557,695 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 1,610,029 | Projection |
| 2035 | 1,646,091 | Projection |
| 2040 | 1,682,167 | Projection |
| 2045 | 1,708,175 | Projection |
| 2050 | 1,720,678 | Projection |
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