San Cristóbal de las Casas — UN urban centre
San Cristóbal de las Casas: 213,416 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #2,778 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 6919; 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: 16.7357, -92.64. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 80,963 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 89,212 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 94,113 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 94,218 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 107,809 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 119,531 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 136,072 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 156,249 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 170,507 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 201,332 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 213,416 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 224,154 | Projection |
| 2035 | 231,652 | Projection |
| 2040 | 239,500 | Projection |
| 2045 | 249,359 | Projection |
| 2050 | 261,228 | Projection |
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