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Mexico Demographics Profile

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Population130,207,371 (July 2021 est.)
Nationalitynoun: Mexican(s)

adjective: Mexican
Ethnic groupsMestizo (Amerindian-Spanish) 62%, predominantly Amerindian 21%, Amerindian 7%, other 10% (mostly European) (2012 est.)

note: Mexico does not collect census data on ethnicity
LanguagesSpanish 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.)

major-language sample(s):
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ReligionsRoman 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 structure0-14 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 ratiostotal dependency ratio: 50.3

youth dependency ratio: 38.8

elderly dependency ratio: 11.4

potential support ratio: 8.7 (2020 est.)
Median agetotal: 29.3 years

male: 28.2 years

female: 30.4 years (2020 est.)
Population growth rate1.04% (2021 est.)
Birth rate17.29 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Death rate5.41 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Net migration rate-1.46 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Population distributionmost 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
Urbanizationurban population: 81% of total population (2021)

rate of urbanization: 1.4% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
Major cities - population21.919 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 ratioat 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 birth21.3 years (2008 est.)
Maternal mortality rate33 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)
Infant mortality ratetotal: 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 birthtotal population: 76.94 years

male: 74.15 years

female: 79.87 years (2021 est.)
Total fertility rate2.17 children born/woman (2021 est.)
Contraceptive prevalence rate73.1% (2018)
Drinking water sourceimproved: 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.)
Health expenditures5.4% (2018)
Physicians density2.38 physicians/1,000 population (2017)
Hospital bed density1.5 beds/1,000 population (2015)
Sanitation facility accessimproved: 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 rate0.4% (2020 est.)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS340,000 (2020 est.)
HIV/AIDS - deaths4,300 (2020 est.)
Major infectious diseasesdegree 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 rate28.9% (2016)
Children under the age of 5 years underweight4.7% (2018/19)
Education expenditures4.5% of GDP (2017)
Literacydefinition: 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)

Source: CIA World Factbook
This page was last updated on September 18, 2021

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