Population: 90,007,304 (July 1991), growth rate 2.2% (1991)

Birth rate: 29 births/1,000 population (1991)

Death rate: 5 deaths/1,000 population (1991)

Net migration rate: - 1 migrants/1,000 population (1991)

Infant mortality rate: 29 deaths/1,000 live births (1991)

Life expectancy at birth: 68 years male, 76 years female (1991)

Total fertility rate: 3.4 children born/woman (1991)

Nationality: noun--Mexican(s); adjective--Mexican

Ethnic divisions: mestizo (Indian-Spanish) 60%, Amerindian or predominantly Amerindian 30%, white or predominantly white 9%, other 1%

Religion: nominally Roman Catholic 97%, Protestant 3%

Language: Spanish

Literacy: 87% (male 90%, female 85%) age 15 and over can read and write (1985 est.)

Labor force: 26,100,000 (1988); services 31.4%, agriculture, forestry, hunting, and fishing 26%, commerce 13.9%, manufacturing 12.8%, construction 9.5%, transportation 4.8%, mining and quarrying 1.3%, electricity 0.3% (1986)

Organized labor: 35% of labor force

NOTE: The information regarding Mexico on this page is re-published from the 1991 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Mexico People 1991 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Mexico People 1991 should be addressed to the CIA.