Mexico People - 2021

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Population

130,207,371 (July 2021 est.)

Nationality

noun: Mexican(s)

adjective: Mexican

Ethnic groups

Mestizo (Amerindian-Spanish) 62%, predominantly Amerindian 21%, Amerindian 7%, other 10% (mostly European) (2012 est.)

note: Mexico does not collect census data on ethnicity

Languages

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 est.)

printed major-language sample:
La Libreta Informativa del Mundo, la fuente indispensable de información básica. (Spanish)

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Religions

Roman Catholic 82.7%, Pentecostal 1.6%, Jehovah's Witness 1.4%, other Evangelical Churches 5%, other 1.9%, none 4.7%, unspecified 2.7% (2010 est.)

Age structure

0-14 years: 26.01% (male 17,111,199/female 16,349,767)

15-24 years: 16.97% (male 11,069,260/female 10,762,784)

25-54 years: 41.06% (male 25,604,223/female 27,223,720)

55-64 years: 8.29% (male 4,879,048/female 5,784,176)

65 years and over: 7.67% (male 4,373,807/female 5,491,581) (2020 est.)

Dependency ratios

total dependency ratio: 50.3

youth dependency ratio: 38.8

elderly dependency ratio: 11.4

potential support ratio: 8.7 (2020 est.)

Median age

total: 29.3 years

male: 28.2 years

female: 30.4 years (2020 est.)

Population growth rate

1.04% (2021 est.)

Birth rate

17.29 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

Death rate

5.41 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)

Net migration rate

-1.46 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2021 est.)

Population distribution

most of the population is found in the middle of the country between the states of Jalisco and Veracruz; approximately a quarter of the population lives in and around Mexico City

Urbanization

urban population: 81% of total population (2021)

rate of urbanization: 1.4% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)

total population growth rate v. urban population growth rate, 2000-2030

Major urban areas - population

21.919 million MEXICO CITY (capital), 5.259 million Guadalajara, 4.956 million Monterrey, 3.245 million Puebla, 2.522 million Toluca de Lerdo, 2.181 million Tijuana (2021)

Sex ratio

at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female

0-14 years: 1.05 male(s)/female

15-24 years: 1.03 male(s)/female

25-54 years: 0.94 male(s)/female

55-64 years: 0.84 male(s)/female

65 years and over: 0.8 male(s)/female

total population: 0.96 male(s)/female (2020 est.)

Mother's mean age at first birth

21.3 years (2008 est.)

Maternal mortality rate

33 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

Infant mortality rate

total: 11.64 deaths/1,000 live births

male: 13.18 deaths/1,000 live births

female: 10.02 deaths/1,000 live births (2021 est.)

Life expectancy at birth

total population: 76.94 years

male: 74.15 years

female: 79.87 years (2021 est.)

Total fertility rate

2.17 children born/woman (2021 est.)

Contraceptive prevalence rate

73.1% (2018)

Drinking water source

improved: urban: 100% of population

rural: 96.6% of population

total: 100% of population

unimproved: urban: 0% of population

rural: 3.4% of population

total: 0% of population (2017 est.)

Current Health Expenditure

5.4% (2018)

Physicians density

2.38 physicians/1,000 population (2017)

Hospital bed density

1.5 beds/1,000 population (2015)

Sanitation facility access

improved: urban: 99.3% of population

rural: 91.9% of population

total: 97.8% of population

unimproved: urban: 0.7% of population

rural: 8.1% of population

total: 2.2% of population (2017 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate

0.4% (2020 est.)

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS

340,000 (2020 est.)

HIV/AIDS - deaths

4,300 (2020 est.)

Major infectious diseases

degree of risk: intermediate (2020)

food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea and hepatitis A

vectorborne diseases: dengue fever

note: a new coronavirus is causing sustained community spread of respiratory illness (COVID-19) in Mexico; sustained community spread means that people have been infected with the virus, but how or where they became infected is not known, and the spread is ongoing; illness with this virus has ranged from mild to severe with fatalities reported; as of 19 July 2021, Mexico has reported a total of 2,659,137 cases of COVID-19 or 2,062.42 cumulative cases of COVID-19 per 100,000 population with 183.3 cumulative deaths per 100,000 population; as of 19 July 2021, 29.65% of the population has received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine

Obesity - adult prevalence rate

28.9% (2016)

Children under the age of 5 years underweight

4.7% (2018/19)

Education expenditures

4.5% of GDP (2017)

Literacy

definition: age 15 and over can read and write

total population: 95.4%

male: 95.8%

female: 94.6% (2018)

School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)

total: 15 years

male: 15 years

female: 15 years (2018)

Unemployment, youth ages 15-24

total: 7.2%

male: 6.7%

female: 8% (2019 est.)

NOTE: The information regarding Mexico on this page is re-published from the 2021 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Mexico 2021 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Mexico 2021 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.