Mexico People - 2022
SOURCE: 2022 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK
Population
129,150,971 (2022 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 93.8%, Spanish and indigenous languages 5.4%, indigenous only 0.6%, unspecified 0.2%; note - indigenous languages include various Mayan, Nahuatl, and other regional languages (2020 est.)
major-language sample(s):
La Libreta Informativa del Mundo, la fuente indispensable de información básica. (Spanish)
The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information.
Religions
Roman Catholic 78%, Protestant/evangelical Christian 11.2%, other 0.002%, unaffiliated (includes atheism) 10.6% (2020 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: 49.4
youth dependency ratio: 37.3
elderly dependency ratio: 12.2
potential support ratio: 8.2 (2021 est.)
Median age
total: 29.3 years
male: 28.2 years
female: 30.4 years (2020 est.)
Population growth rate
0.51% (2022 est.)
Birth rate
13.55 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)
Death rate
7.71 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)
Net migration rate
-0.76 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2022 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: 81.6% of total population (2023)
rate of urbanization: 1.4% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
Major urban areas - population
22.085 million MEXICO CITY (capital), 5.340 million Guadalajara, 5.037 million Monterrey, 3.295 million Puebla, 2.576 million Toluca de Lerdo, 2.221 million Tijuana (2022)
Sex ratio
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
0-14 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
15-24 years: 1.09 male(s)/female
25-54 years: 0.91 male(s)/female
55-64 years: 0.84 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.75 male(s)/female
total population: 0.96 male(s)/female (2022 est.)
Mother's mean age at first birth
21.3 years (2008 est.)
Maternal mortality ratio
33 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)
Infant mortality rate
total: 11.86 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 13.11 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 10.55 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)
Life expectancy at birth
total population: 72.32 years
male: 68.93 years
female: 75.88 years (2022 est.)
Total fertility rate
1.68 children born/woman (2022 est.)
Contraceptive prevalence rate
73.1% (2018)
Drinking water source
improved: urban: 100% of population
rural: 98.3% of population
total: 99.7% of population
unimproved: urban: 0% of population
rural: 1.7% of population
total: 0.3% of population (2020 est.)
Current health expenditure
5.4% of GDP (2019)
Physicians density
2.43 physicians/1,000 population (2019)
Hospital bed density
1 beds/1,000 population (2018)
Sanitation facility access
improved: urban: 99.9% of population
rural: 96.4% of population
total: 99.2% of population
unimproved: urban: 0.1% of population
rural: 3.6% of population
total: 0.8% of population (2020 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate
0.4% (2021 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 9 December 2022, Mexico has reported a total of 7,152,852 cases of COVID-19 or 5,547.74 cumulative cases of COVID-19 per 100,000 population with a total of 330,633 cumulative deaths or a rate of 256.43 cumulative deaths per 100,000 population; as of 2 December 2022, 77.7% of the population has received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine
Obesity - adult prevalence rate
28.9% (2016)
Alcohol consumption per capita
total: 4.25 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
beer: 3.72 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
wine: 0.19 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
spirits: 0.19 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
other alcohols: 0.15 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
Tobacco use
total: 13.1% (2020 est.)
male: 19.9% (2020 est.)
female: 6.2% (2020 est.)
Children under the age of 5 years underweight
4.7% (2018/19)
Child marriage
women married by age 15: 3.6%
women married by age 18: 20.7% (2018 est.)
Education expenditures
4.3% of GDP (2018 est.)
Literacy
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 95.2%
male: 96.1%
female: 94.5% (2020)
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)
total: 15 years
male: 15 years
female: 15 years (2020)
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24)
total: 7.9%
male: 7.5%
female: 8.6% (2021 est.)
NOTE: The information regarding Mexico on this page is re-published from the 2022 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Mexico 2022 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Mexico 2022 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.
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