How many cities are in mexico?

Note also that Mexico City contains all of the Federal District's area, including rural areas with relatively small populations. The Federal District's population, according to the localities in its boroughs, is 8,810,393 urban (99.54%) and 40,687 rural (0.46%). read more

The common use in Mexico is that you can call a city an area that has 100,000+ of population. According to the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (Mexico) in 2010 there were 117 cities with more than 100,000+ of population, you can see the full list here List of cities in Mexico. read more