The Guadalajara metropolitan area (officially, in ) is the most populous metropolitan area of the Mexican state of Jalisco and the third largest in the country after Greater Mexico City and Monterrey. It includes the core municipality of Guadalajara and the surrounding municipalities of Zapopan, Tlaquepaque, Tonalá, Tlajomulco de Zúñiga, El Salto, Ixtlahuacán de los Membrillos and Juanacatlán.

Population In 2020 the Guadalajara metropolitan area had a population of 5,268,642 distributed in eight municipalities.

+ Detailed Guadalajara metropolitan area population data by INEGI No. Municipality PopulationCensus 2020Instituto Nacional de Estadística Geografía e Informática, México (web). PopulationCensus 2015http://www.inegi.org.mx/sistemas/TabuladosBasicos/preliminares2010.aspx Censo de Población y Vivienda 2010 Resultados preliminares Area inkm2 Inhabitantsper km2 (2020) 1 Zapopan 1,476,491 1,332,272 1,017.24 1,451.46 2 Guadalajara 1,385,629 1,460,148 150.36 9,215.4 3 Tlaquepaque 687,720 664,193 118.60 5,978.65 4 Tonalá 569,913 536,111 156.5 3,641.61 5 Tlajomulco de Zúñiga 727,750 549,552 682.5 1,066.3 6 El Salto 232,852 183,437 92.39 2,520.31 7 Ixtlahuacán de los Membrillos 67,969 53,045 184.32 368.75 8 Juanacatlán 30,855 17,955 141.22 218.48 Total GMA 5,268,642 4,796,603 2,543.13 2,071.71

+Total population and growth rate (INEGI, 2005) DataYear1990 1995 2000 20052010 Total population of the GMA 3,003,868 3,482,417 3,699,136 4,095,853 4,434,878 Average annual growth rate 2,7% 1,4% 1,7% 1,55%

See also Metropolitan Areas of Mexico

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