129,875,529 (2023 est.)
noun: Mexican(s)
adjective: Mexican
Mestizo (Amerindian-Spanish) 62%, predominantly Amerindian 21%, Amerindian 7%, other 10% (mostly European) (2012 est.)
note: Mexico does not collect census data on ethnicity
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.
Spanish audio sample:
Roman Catholic 78%, Protestant/evangelical Christian 11.2%, other 0.002%, unaffiliated (includes atheism) 10.6% (2020 est.)
0-14 years: 23.76% (male 15,844,300/female 15,009,047)
15-64 years: 68.22% (male 43,086,673/female 45,518,891)
65 years and over: 8.02% (2023 est.) (male 4,560,225/female 5,856,393)
2023 population pyramid: 
total dependency ratio: 49.4
youth dependency ratio: 37.3
elderly dependency ratio: 12.2
potential support ratio: 8.2 (2021 est.)
total: 30.6 years (2023 est.)
male: 28.9 years
female: 32.3 years
0.61% (2023 est.)
14 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
7.1 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)
-0.8 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2023 est.)
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
urban population: 81.6% of total population (2023)
rate of urbanization: 1.4% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
22.281 million MEXICO CITY (capital), 5.420 million Guadalajara, 5.117 million Monterrey, 3.345 million Puebla, 2.626 million Toluca de Lerdo, 2.260 million Tijuana (2023)
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
0-14 years: 1.06 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.95 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.78 male(s)/female
total population: 0.96 male(s)/female (2023 est.)
21.3 years (2008 est.)
59 deaths/100,000 live births (2020 est.)
total: 12 deaths/1,000 live births (2023 est.)
male: 13.2 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 10.7 deaths/1,000 live births
total population: 73.5 years (2023 est.)
male: 70.3 years
female: 76.8 years
1.73 children born/woman (2023 est.)
0.85 (2023 est.)
73.1% (2018)
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.)
6.2% of GDP (2020)
2.43 physicians/1,000 population (2019)
1 beds/1,000 population (2018)
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.)
degree of risk: intermediate (2023)
food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea and hepatitis A
vectorborne diseases: dengue fever
28.9% (2016)
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.)
total: 13.1% (2020 est.)
male: 19.9% (2020 est.)
female: 6.2% (2020 est.)
4.2% (2021)
56.6% (2023 est.)
women married by age 15: 3.6%
women married by age 18: 20.7% (2018 est.)
4.3% of GDP (2018 est.)
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 95.2%
male: 96.1%
female: 94.5% (2020)
total: 15 years
male: 15 years
female: 15 years (2020)
NOTE: The information regarding Mexico on this page is re-published from the 2024 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Mexico 2024 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Mexico 2024 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.
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