Ciudad Victoria — UN urban centre
Ciudad Victoria: 322,403 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #1,781 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 6308; 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: 23.7391, -99.1496. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 103,817 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 138,811 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 171,606 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 203,736 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 232,622 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 253,318 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 272,579 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 299,599 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 320,052 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 317,626 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 322,403 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 325,237 | Projection |
| 2035 | 328,029 | Projection |
| 2040 | 329,025 | Projection |
| 2045 | 332,054 | Projection |
| 2050 | 331,547 | Projection |
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