| People | Mexico |
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Population:
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113,724,226 (July 2011 est.) |
Population density:
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59 people per sq km land area |
Urbanization:
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urban population: 78% of total population (2010)
rate of urbanization: 1.2% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)
note: Mexico City is the second-largest urban agglomeration in the Western Hemisphere, after Sao Paulo (Brazil), but before New York-Newark (US) |
Major cities - population:
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MEXICO CITY (capital) 19.319 million; Guadalajara 4.338 million; Monterrey 3.838 million; Puebla 2.278 million; Tijuana 1.629 million (2009) |
Age structure:
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0-14 years: 28.2% (male 16,395,974/female 15,714,182)
15-64 years: 65.2% (male 35,842,495/female 38,309,528)
65 years and over: 6.6% (male 3,348,495/female 4,113,552) (2011 est.) |
Median age:
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total: 27.1 years
male: 26 years
female: 28.1 years (2011 est.) |
Population growth rate:
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1.102% (2011 est.) |
Birth rate:
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19.13 births/1,000 population (2011 est.) |
Death rate:
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4.86 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.) |
Net migration rate:
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-3.24 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.) |
Sex ratio:
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at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.94 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.82 male(s)/female
total population: 0.96 male(s)/female (2011 est.) |
Maternal mortality rate:
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85 deaths/100,000 live births (2008) |
Infant mortality rate:
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total: 17.29 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 19.14 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 15.36 deaths/1,000 live births (2011 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth:
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total population: 76.47 years
male: 73.65 years
female: 79.43 years (2011 est.) |
Total fertility rate:
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2.29 children born/woman (2011 est.) |
Health expenditures:
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13.8% of GDP (2009) |
Physicians density:
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2.893 physicians/1,000 population (2004) |
Hospital bed density:
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1.6 beds/1,000 population (2008) |
Drinking water source:
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improved:
urban: 96% of population
rural: 87% of population
total: 94% of population
unimproved:
urban: 4% of population
rural: 13% of population
total: 6% of population (2008) |
Sanitation facility access:
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improved:
urban: 90% of population
rural: 68% of population
total: 85% of population
unimproved:
urban: 10% of population
rural: 32% of population
total: 15% of population (2008) |
Major infectious diseases:
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degree of risk: intermediate
food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
vectorborne disease: dengue fever
water contact disease: leptospirosis (2009) |
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
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0.3% (2009 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
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220,000 (2009 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
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NA |
Children under the age of 5 years underweight:
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3.4% (2006) |
Obesity - adult prevalence rate:
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23.6% (2000) |
Nationality:
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noun: Mexican(s)
adjective: Mexican |
Ethnic groups:
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mestizo (Amerindian-Spanish) 60%, Amerindian or predominantly Amerindian 30%, white 9%, other 1% |
Religions:
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Roman Catholic 76.5%, Protestant 6.3% (Pentecostal 1.4%, other 3.8%), Jehovah's Witnesses 1.1%, other 0.3%, unspecified 13.8%, none 3.1% (2000 census) |
Languages:
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Spanish only 92.7%, Spanish and indigenous languages 5.7%, indigenous only 0.8%, unspecified 0.8%
note: indigenous languages include various Mayan, Nahuatl, and other regional languages (2005) |
Literacy:
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definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 86.1%
male: 86.9%
female: 85.3% (2005 Census) |
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):
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total: 14 years
male: 14 years
female: 14 years (2008) |
Education expenditures - percent of GDP:
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4.8% of GDP (2007) |
People - note:
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