Mexico: People & Society#
| Population | 123,166,749 (July 2016 est.) |
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| Nationality | noun: Mexican(s) adjective: Mexican |
| Ethnic groups | mestizo (Amerindian-Spanish) 62%, predominantly Amerindian 21%, Amerindian 7%, other 10% (mostly European) note: Mexico does not collect census data on ethnicity (2012 est.) |
| 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 Witness 1.4%, other Evangelical Churches 5%, other 1.9%, none 4.7%, unspecified 2.7% (2010 est.) |
| Age structure | 0-14 years: 27.26% (male 17,167,636/female 16,402,301) 15-24 years: 17.72% (male 11,049,818/female 10,770,843) 25-54 years: 40.69% (male 24,174,900/female 25,938,909) 55-64 years: 7.41% (male 4,187,644/female 4,944,802) 65 years and over: 6.93% (male 3,827,870/female 4,702,026) (2016 est.) |
| Dependency ratios | total dependency ratio: 51.7% youth dependency ratio: 41.9% elderly dependency ratio: 9.8% potential support ratio: 10.2% (2015 est.) |
| Median age | total: 28 years male: 26.9 years female: 29.1 years (2016 est.) |
| Population growth rate | 1.15% (2016 est.) |
| Birth rate | 18.5 births/1,000 population (2016 est.) |
| Death rate | 5.3 deaths/1,000 population (2016 est.) |
| Net migration rate | -1.7 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2016 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: 79.2% of total population (2015) rate of urbanization: 1.57% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) |
| Major urban areas - population | MEXICO CITY (capital) 20.999 million; Guadalajara 4.843 million; Monterrey 4.513 million; Puebla 2.984 million; Toluca de Lerdo 2.164 million; Tijuana 1.987 million (2015) |
| 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: 0.93 male(s)/female 55-64 years: 0.85 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.82 male(s)/female total population: 0.96 male(s)/female (2016 est.) |
| Mother's mean age at first birth | 21.3 (2008 est.) |
| Maternal mortality rate | 38 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.) |
| Infant mortality rate | total: 11.9 deaths/1,000 live births male: 13.3 deaths/1,000 live births female: 10.4 deaths/1,000 live births (2016 est.) |
| Life expectancy at birth | total population: 75.9 years male: 73.1 years female: 78.8 years (2016 est.) |
| Total fertility rate | 2.25 children born/woman (2016 est.) |
| Contraceptive prevalence rate | 72.5% (2009) |
| Health expenditures | 6.3% of GDP (2014) |
| Physicians density | 2.1 physicians/1,000 population (2011) |
| Hospital bed density | 1.5 beds/1,000 population (2011) |
| Drinking water source | improved: urban: 97.2% of population rural: 92.1% of population total: 96.1% of population unimproved: urban: 2.8% of population rural: 7.9% of population total: 3.9% of population (2015 est.) |
| Sanitation facility access | improved: urban: 88% of population rural: 74.5% of population total: 85.2% of population unimproved: urban: 12% of population rural: 25.5% of population total: 14.8% of population (2015 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate | 0.24% (2015 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS | 198,200 (2015 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - deaths | 4,000 (2015 est.) |
| Major infectious diseases | degree of risk: intermediate food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea and hepatitis A vectorborne diseases: dengue fever note: active local transmission of Zika virus by Aedes species mosquitoes has been identified in this country (as of August 2016); it poses an important risk (a large number of cases possible) among US citizens if bitten by an infective mosquito; other less common ways to get Zika are through sex, via blood transfusion, or during pregnancy, in which the pregnant woman passes Zika virus to her fetus (2016) |
| Obesity - adult prevalence rate | 27.6% (2014) |
| Children under the age of 5 years underweight | 2.8% (2012) |
| Education expenditures | 5.2% of GDP (2012) |
| Literacy | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 95.1% male: 96.2% female: 94.2% (2012 est.) |
| School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) | total: 13 years male: 13 years female: 13 years (2014) |
| Child labor - children ages 5-14 | total number: 1,105,617 percentage: 5% (2009 est.) |
| Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 | total: 9.6% male: 9.2% female: 10.3% (2014 est.) |