Nationality:
noun: Mexican(s)
adjective:
Mexican
Ethnic groups:
mestizo (Amerindian-Spanish) 60%, Amerindian or predominantly Amerindian 30%, white 9%, other 1%
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)
Religions:
Roman Catholic 82.7%, Pentecostal 1.6%, Jehovah's Witnesses 1.4%, other Evangelical Churches 5%, other 1.9%, none 4.7%, unspecified 2.7% (2010 est.)
Population: Age structure:
Dependency ratios:
Median age:
Population growth rate: Birth rate: Death rate: Net migration rate: Urbanization:
Major urban areas - population: Sex ratio:
Mother's mean age at first birth: Maternal mortality rate: Infant mortality rate:
Life expectancy at birth:
Total fertility rate: Contraceptive prevalence rate: Health expenditures: Physicians density: Hospital bed density: Drinking water source:
Sanitation facility access:
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: HIV/AIDS - deaths: Major infectious diseases:
Obesity - adult prevalence rate: Children under the age of 5 years underweight: Education expenditures: Literacy:
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):
Child labor - children ages 5-14:
Unemployment, youth ages 15-24
120,286,655 (July 2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 12
[see also: Population country ranks ]
0-14 years:
27.9% (male 17,188,577/female 16,423,421)
15-24 years:
18.1% (male 10,999,445/female 10,741,999)
25-54 years:
40.4% (male 23,385,321/female 25,200,511)
55-64 years:
7% (male 3,850,792/female 4,527,074)
65 years and over:
6.9% (male 3,594,675/female 4,374,840) (2014 est.)
population pyramid: 
total dependency ratio:
52.7 %
youth dependency ratio:
42.7 %
elderly dependency ratio:
10.1 %
potential support ratio:
9.9 (2014 est.)
total:
27.3 years
male:
26.3 years
female:
28.4 years (2014 est.)
1.21% (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 98
[see also: Population growth rate country ranks ]
19.02 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 91
[see also: Birth rate country ranks ]
5.24 deaths/1,000 population (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 182
[see also: Death rate country ranks ]
-1.64 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 158
[see also: Net migration rate country ranks ]
urban population:
78.1% of total population (2011)
rate of urbanization:
1.49% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)
MEXICO CITY (capital) 20.446 million; Guadalajara 4.525 million; Monterrey 4.213 million; Puebla 2.335 million; Tijuana 1.82 million; Toluca de Lerdo 1.748 million (2011)
at birth:
1.05 male(s)/female
0-14 years:
1.05 male(s)/female
15-24 years:
1.02 male(s)/female
25-54 years:
0.93 male(s)/female
55-64 years:
0.96 male(s)/female
65 years and over:
0.81 male(s)/female
total population:
0.96 male(s)/female (2014 est.)
21.3
note:
median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2006 est.)
[see also: Mother's mean age at first birth country ranks ]
50 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
country comparison to the world: 108
[see also: Maternal mortality rate country ranks ]
total:
12.58 deaths/1,000 live births
country comparison to the world: 123
male:
14 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
11.08 deaths/1,000 live births (2014 est.)
total population:
75.43 years
country comparison to the world: 94
male:
72.67 years
female:
78.32 years (2014 est.)
2.29 children born/woman (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 95
[see also: Total fertility rate country ranks ]
70.9% (2006)
[see also: Contraceptive prevalence rate country ranks ]
6.4% of GDP (2009)
country comparison to the world: 97
[see also: Health expenditures country ranks ]
1.96 physicians/1,000 population (2009)
[see also: Physicians density country ranks ]
1.7 beds/1,000 population (2010)
[see also: Hospital bed density country ranks ]
96.1improved:
urban: 95.9% of population
rural: 90.8% of population
total: 94.9% of population
unimproved:
urban: 3.9% of population
rural: 9.2% of population
total: 5.1% of population (2012 est.)
improved:
urban: 87% of population
rural: 79% of population
total: 85.3% of population
unimproved:
urban: 13% of population
rural: 21% of population
total: 14.7% of population (2012 est.)
0.2% (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 115
[see also: HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate country ranks ]
174,300 (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 32
[see also: HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS country ranks ]
NA
[see also: HIV/AIDS - deaths country ranks ]
degree of risk:
intermediate
food or waterborne diseases:
bacterial diarrhea and hepatitis A
vectorborne disease:
dengue fever (2013)
32.1% (2008)
country comparison to the world: 23
[see also: Obesity - adult prevalence rate country ranks ]
2.8% (2012)
country comparison to the world: 115
[see also: Children under the age of 5 years underweight country ranks ]
5.1% of GDP (2009)
country comparison to the world: 72
[see also: Education expenditures - percent of GDP country ranks ]
definition:
age 15 and over can read and write
total population:
93.5%
male:
94.8%
female:
92.3% (2011 est.)
total:
13 years
male:
13 years
female:
13 years (2011)
total number:
1,105,617
percentage:
5 % (2009 est.)
total:
9.4%
country comparison to the world: 113
male:
9.1%
female:
9.9% (2012)