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Tuxtepec — UN urban centre

108,033

Tuxtepec: 108,033 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #5,724 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 6588; 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: 18.0865, -96.1379. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.

UN population series

YearPeopleMethod
198057,039Estimate
198559,499Estimate
199056,034Estimate
199557,489Estimate
200060,656Estimate
200569,795Estimate
201075,814Estimate
201580,355Estimate
202099,090Estimate
2025108,033Estimate
2030117,454Projection
2035122,358Projection
2040142,795Projection
2045147,466Projection
2050152,202Projection

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