The number of inhabitants living in Sonora amounted to nearly three million in 2022, having overall increased since 2008, when around 2.6 million people lived there. Accounting for 2.33 percent of the total Mexican population, the state of Sonora ranked 18th out of 32 Mexican states based on population size.
Total population in the state of Sonora, Mexico between 2008 and 2022
(in 1,000 inhabitants)
Characteristic
Number of inhabitants in thousands
2022
2,998.1
2020
2,957.6
2018
2,903.6
2016**
2,843.7
2014
2,902.4
2012
2,820.4
2010
2,730.6
2008
2,643.8
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National Council for the Evaluation of Social Development Policy (Mexico). (November 1, 2023). Total population in the state of Sonora, Mexico between 2008 and 2022 (in 1,000 inhabitants) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 15, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1038234/mexico-total-population-sonora/
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National Council for the Evaluation of Social Development Policy (Mexico). (November 1, 2023). Total population in the state of Sonora, Mexico between 2008 and 2022 (in 1,000 inhabitants) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 15, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1038234/mexico-total-population-sonora/
National Council for the Evaluation of Social Development Policy (Mexico). "Total population in the state of Sonora, Mexico between 2008 and 2022 (in 1,000 inhabitants)." Chart. November 1, 2023. Statista. Accessed May 15, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1038234/mexico-total-population-sonora/
National Council for the Evaluation of Social Development Policy (Mexico). (2023). Total population in the state of Sonora, Mexico between 2008 and 2022 (in 1,000 inhabitants). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 15, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1038234/mexico-total-population-sonora/
National Council for the Evaluation of Social Development Policy (Mexico). "Total Population in The State of Sonora, Mexico between 2008 and 2022 (in 1,000 Inhabitants)." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Nov 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1038234/mexico-total-population-sonora/
National Council for the Evaluation of Social Development Policy (Mexico), Total population in the state of Sonora, Mexico between 2008 and 2022 (in 1,000 inhabitants) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1038234/mexico-total-population-sonora/ (last visited May 15, 2025)
Total population in the state of Sonora, Mexico between 2008 and 2022 (in 1,000 inhabitants) [Graph], National Council for the Evaluation of Social Development Policy (Mexico), November 1, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1038234/mexico-total-population-sonora/
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