As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 10,817,[1] up from 7,568 as of 2005.[2]
As of 2010, the town of Chanal had a population of 7,008.[1] Other than the town of Chanal, the municipality had 19 localities, none of which had a population over 1,000.[1]
^"Chanal". Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal Gobierno del Estado de Chiapas. Archived from the original on May 18, 2011. Retrieved July 25, 2008.