1875300,000

1910720,000

19301,200,000

19503,000,000

1521 ?

19706,900,000

19858,200,000

TODAY8,918,653

1876 - 1911

PORFIRIATO- PERIOD DURING WHICH THE POWER OF MEXICO WAS IN THE HANDS OF THE MILITARYPORFIRIO DIAZ, WHO SERVED AS PRESIDENT FOR A TOTAL OF 30 YEARS. LINKING THE ECONOMY OUTWARDS, HE FOSTERED THE DEVELOPMENT OF INDUSTRY AND COMMERCE.

1521 - XIXth CENTURY

CONQUEST OF THE AZTEC EMPIRE BY THE SPANISH IN 1521. THIS FACT MARKED THE BEGINNING OF THE SPANISH CONQUEST AND MISCEGENATION. THE MEXICAN REVOLUTION (1810-1821) AND INDEPENDENCE MEANT THE SEPARATION FROM THIS POWER AND SUBSE-CUENT ADMINISTRATION BY THE CREOLE POPU-LATION. YEARS OF CAOS AND DISCONFORT.

1930-1986

FROM MEDIUM CITY TO LARGE METROPOLIS, BEGINS ITS EXPANSION OUT OF THE CENTRAL CORE. THE CITY GUIDE COMPANY “GUIA ROJI” IS FOUNDED, WITH WHICH THE MAPPING OFTHE CITY GAINS IMPORTANCE AND IS UPDATED. PROMOTION OF THE ARTS WITH CHARACTERS SUCH AS FRIDA KAHLO AND DIEGO RIVERA.

1950s

THERE IS AN EXPONENTIAL GROWTH AND AN AIR OF OPTIMISM AND PROGRESS; THE CONSTRUCTION OF SKYSCRAPERS SUCH AS THE TORRE LATINOAMERICANA, AVENUES, THE UNIVERSITY CITY, HOTELS AND OTHER COMMODITIES BEGIN.

1960-1970

MEXICO CITY HOSTES THE OLYMPIC GAMES OF 1968 AND THE FOOTBALL WORLD CUP OF 1970, WITH WHICH A GREAT QUANTITY OF ARCHITECTURE AND INFRASTRUCTURE IS BUILT. BY 1980, LUIS BARRAGAN WAS AL-READY AN INTERNATIONAL FIGURE, BEING AWARDED THE PRITZKER PRICE IN THIS YEAR.

1985

AFTER THE SO CALLED “MEXICAN MIRACLE” (A EXTREMELY EFFECTIVE RISE OF THE ECO-NOMY, WITH AN AVERAGE GROWTH OF 6% PER YEAR BETWEEN 1940 AND 1980), MEXICO CITY IS WITNESS OF THE MOST DES- TRUCTIVE EARTHQUAKE SINCE 1957 AND STARTS A PERIOD OF ECONOMIC CRISIS.