List of North American cities by population

This list shows the biggest cities in North America by how many people live inside their city borders. The numbers come from official counts or estimates from around the year 2020. Only cities with more than 500,000 people are included.

North America includes places like the United States, Canada, Mexico, and the Caribbean islands. The numbers here only count people who live inside each city's official boundaries. This is different from counting everyone in the larger area around the city.

Some of the numbers for Mexican cities come from a survey done in 2015, but they are used to show estimates as of March 15, 2020. This list helps us see which cities have grown the most and how people live in different parts of North America.

List

Bold shows the biggest city in each country, and italic shows the capital city.

Rank	City	Image	Country	Population	Year
1	Mexico City		Mexico	9,209,942	2021
2	New York City		United States	8,335,898	2022
3	Los Angeles		United States	3,822,235	2022
4	Toronto		Canada	3,273,119	2024
5	Chicago		United States	2,743,329	2024
6	Houston		United States	2,314,157	2023
7	Havana		Cuba	2,137,847	2022
8	Montreal		Canada	1,945,359	2024
9	Tijuana		Mexico	1,810,645	2020
10	Phoenix		United States	1,644,409	2022
11	Ecatepec de Morelos		Mexico	1,643,623	2020
12	León		Mexico	1,579,803	2020
13	Calgary		Canada	1,569,133	2024
14	Philadelphia		United States	1,567,258	2022
15	Puebla		Mexico	1,542,232	2020
16	Juárez		Mexico	1,501,551	2020
17	Zapopan		Mexico	1,476,491	2020
18	San Antonio		United States	1,472,909	2022
19	Guadalajara		Mexico	1,385,621	2020
20	San Diego		United States	1,381,162	2022
21	Dallas		United States	1,299,544	2022
22	Guatemala City		Guatemala	1,221,739	2023
23	Port-au-Prince		Haiti	1,200,000	2022
24	Edmonton		Canada	1,190,458	2024
25	Ottawa		Canada	1,153,843	2024
26	Monterrey		Mexico	1,142,952	2020
27	Tegucigalpa		Honduras	1,132,000	2023
28	Panama City		Panama	1,086,990	2023
29	Nezahualcóyotl		Mexico	1,072,676	2020
30	Managua		Nicaragua	1,051,236	2022
31	Santo Domingo		Dominican Republic	1,029,110	2022
32	Austin		United States	974,447	2022
33	Jacksonville		United States	971,319	2022
34	San Jose		United States	971,233	2022
35	Fort Worth		United States	956,709	2022
36	Chihuahua		Mexico	925,762	2020
37	Mérida		Mexico	921,771	2020
38	Naucalpan		Mexico	911,168	2020
39	Toluca		Mexico	910,608	2020
40	Columbus		United States	907,971	2022
41	Charlotte		United States	897,720	2022
42	Cancún		Mexico	888,797	2020
43	Indianapolis		United States	880,621	2022
44	Saltillo		Mexico	864,431	2020
45	Aguascalientes		Mexico	863,893	2020
46	Hermosillo		Mexico	855,563	2020
47	Mexicali		Mexico	854,186	2020
48	San Luis Potosí		Mexico	845,941	2020
49	Winnipeg		Canada	843,640	2024
50	San Francisco		United States	808,437	2022
51	Culiacán		Mexico	808,416	2020
52	Querétaro		Mexico	794,789	2020
53	Brampton		Canada	791,486	2024
54	Mississauga		Canada	780,747	2024
55	Vancouver		Canada	756,008	2024
56	Seattle		United States	749,256	2022
57	Santiago de los Caballeros		Dominican Republic	744,890	2019
58	Morelia		Mexico	743,275	2020
59	Denver		United States	713,252	2022
60	Chimalhuacán		Mexico	703,215	2020
61	San Pedro Sula		Honduras	701,200	2023
62	Surrey		Canada	700,459	2024
63	Oklahoma City		United States	694,800	2022
64	Reynosa		Mexico	691,557	2020
65	Torreón		Mexico	690,193	2020
66	Nashville		United States	683,622	2022
67	El Paso		United States	677,456	2022
68	Washington, D.C.		United States	671,803	2022
69	Tlalnepantla		Mexico	658,907	2020
70	Acapulco		Mexico	658,609	2020
71	Las Vegas		United States	656,274	2022
72	Boston		United States	650,706	2022
73	Tlaquepaque		Mexico	650,123	2020
74	Guadalupe		Mexico	635,862	2020
75	Portland		United States	635,067	2022
76	Hamilton		Canada	632,111	2024
77	Louisville		United States	624,444	2022
78	Memphis		United States	621,056	2022
79	Detroit		United States	620,376	2022
80	Durango		Mexico	616,068	2020
81	Kingston		Jamaica	597,000	2023
82	Quebec City		Canada	592,884	2024
83	Tuxtla Gutiérrez		Mexico	578,830	2020
84	Baltimore		United States	569,931	2022
85	Tonalá		Mexico	569,913	2020
86	Milwaukee		United States	563,305	2022
87	Albuquerque		United States	561,008	2022
88	Tucson		United States	546,574	2022
89	Fresno		United States	545,567	2022
90	Veracruz		Mexico	537,963	2020
91	Apodaca		Mexico	536,436	2020
92	Sacramento		United States	528,001	2022
93	Ciudad López Mateos		Mexico	523,065	2022
94	Tultitlán		Mexico	516,341	2020
95	Cuautitlán Izcalli		Mexico	515,353	2020
96	Mesa		United States	512,498	2022
97	Carrefour		Haiti	511,345	2015
98	Matamoros (Heroica Matamoros)		Mexico	510,739	2020
99	Kansas City		United States	509,297	2022
100	Santiago de Cuba		Cuba	507,167	2022