Población (número de habitantes)
			1990	1995	2000	2005
Zona metropolitana	Superficie 2005 (km2)	Densidad media urbana 2005 (hab./ha)
ZM de Aguascalientes	1,824.70	110.50	547,366	655,139	727,582	834,498
ZM de Tijuana	4,422.04	85.82	798,938	1,100,817	1,352,035	1,575,026
ZM de Mexicali	14,541.49	63.69	601,938	696,034	764,602	855,962
ZM de Saltillo	14,071.47	79.59	486,580	583,326	637,273	725,259
ZM de Monclova-Frontera	5,049.09	52.60	261,412	275,509	282,853	294,191
ZM de Piedras Negras	1,382.66	54.21	115,100	136,650	151,149	169,771
ZM de Colima-Villa de Álvarez	2,293.69	66.76	211,733	247,083	275,677	294,828
ZM de Tecomán	1,198.13	61.20	110,481	119,051	127,863	123,089
ZM de Tuxtla Gutiérrez	1,209.95	82.87	340,751	444,960	494,763	576,872
ZM de Juárez	3,561.14	76.92	798,499	1,011,786	1,218,817	1,313,338
ZM de Chihuahua	18,112.92	69.21	551,868	651,402	696,495	784,882
ZM de San Francisco del Rincón	716.40	63.32	114,034	1,173,659	145,017	159,127
ZM de Moroleón-Uriangato	274.78	69.73	94,901	132,048	100,063	99,828
ZM de León	1,759.10	128.92	983,050	96,545	1,269,179	1,425,210
ZM de Acapulco	3,534.14	99.34	653,973	754,782	791,558	786,830
ZM de Pachuca	1,201.61	80.64	276,512	330,838	375,022	438,692
ZM de Tulancingo	673.56	65.63	147,137	176,784	193,638	204,708
ZM de Tula	592.35	29.62	140,438	159,293	169,901	184,691
ZM de Guadalajara	2,734.11	133.19	3,003,868	3,482,417	3,699,136	4,095,853
ZM de Ocotlán	1,078.32	83.15	101,905	115,021	125,027	133,157
ZM de Toluca	2,038.34	66.81	1,061,065	1,272,301	1,471,146	1,633,052
ZM de Morelia	1,453.90	100.96	526,772	614,698	659,940	735,624
ZM de Zamora-Jacona	454.24	101.74	185,445	214,938	216,048	230,777
ZM de Cuernavaca	964.14	73.12	549,998	685,896	753,510	802,371
ZM de Cuautla	980.47	51.37	279,697	344,361	372,256	383,010
ZM de Tepic	2,135.54	83.60	268,185	327,375	342,840	379,296
ZM de Monterrey	6,680.35	116.55	2,666,809	3,100,633	3,374,361	3,738,077
ZM de Oaxaca	584.95	66.97	350,269	428,224	489,562	543,721
ZM de Tehuantepec	1,506.31	52.12	123,789	142,793	145,567	150,281
ZM de Tehuacán	647.36	76.25	164,636	202,176	240,507	279,409
ZM de Querétaro	2,051.17	104.37	579,597	706,566	816,481	950,828
ZM de Cancún	3,020.76	119.05	187,431	320,446	431,128	586,288
ZM de San Luis Potosí-Soledad de Graciano Sánchez	1,776.56	109.33	658,712	781,964	850,828	957,753
ZM de Rioverde-Ciudad Fernández	3,591.44	27.69	121,212	127,273	128,935	126,997
ZM de Guaymas	8,580.45	46.62	175,109	183,232	180,316	184,816
ZM de Villahermosa	2,258.30	88.31	437,567	533,598	600,580	644,629
ZM de Reynosa-Río Bravo	4,722.51	70.94	376,676	437,426	524,692	633,730
ZM de Matamoros	4,634.00	71.38	303,293	363,487	418,141	462,157
ZM de Nuevo Laredo	1,201.90	73.06	219,468	275,060	310,915	355,827
ZM de Tlaxcala-Apizaco	708.57	35.70	303,779	367,037	408,401	457,655
ZM de Veracruz	1,509.09	118.34	551,494	641,518	677,851	741,234
ZM de Xalapa	866.66	92.71	431,539	508,421	554,990	595,043
ZM de Poza Rica	2,791.70	56.25	445,934	467,936	467,258	481,389
ZM de Orizaba	509.23	66.30	316,275	347,417	367,021	381,086
ZM de Minatitlán	2,927.83	50.74	311,407	341,906	323,389	330,781
ZM de Coatzacoalcos	496.27	77.57	271,825	300,025	307,724	321,182
ZM de Córdoba	461.62	77.55	237,706	264,928	276,553	293,768
ZM de Acayucan	829.33	55.68	91,323	104,662	102,992	105,552
ZM de Mérida	1,528.31	61.40	629,506	738,545	803,920	897,740
ZM de Zacatecas-Guadalupe	1,215.48	94.97	191,326	226,265	232,965	261,422
ZM de La Laguna	5,011.86	83.33	878,289	958,886	1,007,291	1,110,890
ZM del Valle de México	7,853.93	166.04	15,563,795	17,297,539	18,396,677	19,239,910
ZM de Puerto Vallarta	1,447.95	80.54	151,288	196,953	244,536	304,107
ZM de La Piedad-Pénjamo	1,846.76	67.19	219,004	229,716	229,372	229,289
ZM de Puebla-Tlaxcala	2,223.41	82.50	1,735,657	2,016,775	2,220,533	2,470,206
ZM de Tampico	5,285.85	79.37	648,598	705,302	746,417	803,196