Puebla — UN urban centre
Puebla: 1,947,971 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #255 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 5915; 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: 19.0413, -98.2036. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 576,518 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 698,218 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 928,274 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 1,378,178 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 1,529,664 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 1,671,066 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 1,777,649 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 1,887,208 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 1,969,802 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 1,920,367 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 1,947,971 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 1,972,854 | Projection |
| 2035 | 1,995,957 | Projection |
| 2040 | 2,007,292 | Projection |
| 2045 | 2,019,954 | Projection |
| 2050 | 2,020,433 | Projection |
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