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BASIC DEMOGRAPHIC INDICATORS FOR MEXICO


VARIABLE 2010
Total population (est) 112.5 million
Avg annual population growth 1.12%
GDP per capita US$8,156
Urban population 77%
Median age 26.7 years
Aged 0-14 years 29%
Aged 15-64 years 65%
Aged 65 years and over 6%
Source: Source: World Fact Book (CIA)

  • With an estimated population of 112.5 million inhabitants in 2010, Mexico is the 11th most populated country in the world.
  • Mexico is the most populous Spanish-speaking country in the world and the second most-populous country in Latin America after Portuguese-speaking Brazil.
  • Mexico has a very young population, 44% of the people are under 20 years of age
  • 44% of the population is part of the active workforce, of which 65 percent are male and 35 percent female.
  • Education is currently mandatory for ages 3 through 15.
  • 77% of the population between the ages of 3 and 15 is enrolled in school.
  • 91% of population over 15 years of age can read and write.
    • School life expectancy is 13 years
    • 23% of the population s live in rural areas (having less than 2,500 inhabitants), 27.6% live in semi-urban areas (having 2,500-100,000 inhabitants), and 49.6% live in urban areas (having more than 100,000 inhabitants).
    • The population of Mexico City and its metropolitan area is close to 20 million, which makes it the largest concentration of population in the Western Hemisphere.

The population in Mexico’s cities with more than 1 million inhabitants in 2009 was the following:  (in 000’s) 
 

Mexico City, DF 19,982
Guadalajara, Jalisco. 4,365
Monterrey, Nuevo León 3,912
Puebla, Puebla 2,270
Toluca, Mexico 1,751
Tijuana, Baja California 1,678
León, Guanajuato 1,555
Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua 1,395
Torreón, Coahuila 1,187
San Luis Potosí, SLP 1,037
Querétaro, Querétaro 1,001
Source: Mercamétrica of 80 Mexican cities, 2009


 
 
 

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