In 2018, about 401 cities concentrated 92.7 million inhabitants, which at that time represented 74.2 percent of the total population in Mexico. The 401 cities considered in the report range from 15,000 to more than a million inhabitants.

Currently, there are 74 metropolitan areas in Mexico, of which 13 areas have more than one million inhabitants.

The authorities envision that demographic growth will continue and at the beginning of the next decade there will be 961 cities, in which 83.2 percent of the population will live, that is, 114.8 of the 138 million people who will be in the territory at that time. national.

The most recent data is reflected in the 2018 National Urban System (SUN) document, as well as in the 2010-2030 projection of this same system, which was taken up by UN-Habitat.

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However, it is very likely that the population living in poverty will predominate in Mexican cities by 2030, the UN warned.

When commemorating World Cities Day, celebrated yesterday, the Secretariat for the Environment and Natural Resources (Semarnat) took up these forecasts to point out that "the environmental and humanitarian repercussions are increasingly concentrated in cities."

This situation poses "enormous" sustainability problems in terms of housing, infrastructure, basic services, food security, health, education, decent employment, security, natural resources, among others.

"The disorderly growth has caused the appearance and growth of informal settlements that hinder the provision of services and affect the environment, although if they are well planned and managed they can be a powerful instrument to achieve sustainable development," added Semarnat.

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The federal agency indicated that cities must be adapted to "climate resilience", with objectives such as increasing awareness about adaptation to climate change, inspiring climate actions at the local level and contributing to the implementation of various instruments such as the Paris Agreement.

In Mexico, of the 401 cities, the largest are the Metropolitan Zones of the Valley of Mexico, with 21 million inhabitants; Guadalajara, with 5 million and Monterrey, with more than 4.7.

By 2025, the cities of Chihuahua, Culiacán, Cancún, Tampico and Saltillo are expected to exceed one million inhabitants.

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