Demographics

Monterrey population by year 1798 7,000 1833 13,645 1846 15,000 1852 13,534 1862 14,534 1869 14,000 1881 40,000 1890 41,700 1900 62,266 1910 78,528 1921 88,479 1930 132,577 1940 206,152 1950 375,040 1960 708,399 1970 1,246,181 1990 2,213,711 1995 2,516,658 2005 3,864,331 2010 4,080,329 *Note: Figures from 1970–2010, include

municipalities of Monterrey metropolitan area

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According to the national INEGI population census of 2010, of the total population of the state of Nuevo León, 87.3% lived in the Monterrey metropolitan area.

The Monterrey metropolitan area is the third most populous city in Mexico with more than 4 million. It is composed of the adjoined municipalities of Monterrey, Apodaca, Escobedo, García, Guadalupe, Santiago, Juárez, San Nicolás de los Garza, San Pedro Garza García, and Santa Catarina.