| Population | 130,207,371 (July 2021 est.) |
| Nationality | noun: Mexican(s) adjective: Mexican |
| Ethnic groups | Mestizo (Amerindian-Spanish) 62%, predominantly Amerindian 21%, Amerindian 7%, other 10% (mostly European) (2012 est.) note: Mexico does not collect census data on ethnicity |
| 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 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. |
| 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: 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 ratios | total dependency ratio: 50.3 youth dependency ratio: 38.8 elderly dependency ratio: 11.4 potential support ratio: 8.7 (2020 est.) |
| Median age | total: 29.3 years male: 28.2 years female: 30.4 years (2020 est.) |
| Population growth rate | 1.04% (2021 est.) |
| Birth rate | 17.29 births/1,000 population (2021 est.) |
| Death rate | 5.41 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.) |
| Net migration rate | -1.46 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2021 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: 81% of total population (2021) rate of urbanization: 1.4% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) |
| Major cities - population | 21.919 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 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: 0.94 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 birth | 21.3 years (2008 est.) |
| Maternal mortality rate | 33 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.) |
| Infant mortality rate | total: 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 birth | total population: 76.94 years male: 74.15 years female: 79.87 years (2021 est.) |
| Total fertility rate | 2.17 children born/woman (2021 est.) |
| Contraceptive prevalence rate | 73.1% (2018) |
| Drinking water source | improved: 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 expenditures | 5.4% (2018) |
| Physicians density | 2.38 physicians/1,000 population (2017) |
| Hospital bed density | 1.5 beds/1,000 population (2015) |
| Sanitation facility access | improved: 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 rate | 0.4% (2020 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS | 340,000 (2020 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - deaths | 4,300 (2020 est.) |
| Major infectious diseases | degree 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 rate | 28.9% (2016) |
| Children under the age of 5 years underweight | 4.7% (2018/19) |
| Education expenditures | 4.5% of GDP (2017) |
| Literacy | definition: 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
