Demographics
| Monterrey population by year |
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| 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.
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