Monterrey — UN urban centre
Monterrey: 3,938,015 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #116 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 6218; territory: Mexico (MEX). UN source workbook.
Method: Degree of Urbanisation (contiguous 1 km2 cells, density 1,500+ people/km2, total 50,000+). This is a source-defined urban centre, not a municipality or province. No association with a separate administrative entity is inferred from proximity or name.
Source centroid: 25.7141, -100.288. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 1,536,823 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 2,001,466 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 2,320,400 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 2,660,731 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 2,951,081 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 3,286,567 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 3,495,558 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 3,726,579 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 3,881,433 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 3,839,460 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 3,938,015 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 4,036,945 | Projection |
| 2035 | 4,126,859 | Projection |
| 2040 | 4,172,695 | Projection |
| 2045 | 4,233,130 | Projection |
| 2050 | 4,253,471 | Projection |
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