Mexico Demographics Profile 2013

Population

114,975,406 (July 2012 est.)

Age structure

0-14 years: 27.8% (male 16,329,415/female 15,648,127)
15-24 years: 18.2% (male 10,552,581/female 10,420,710)
25-54 years: 40.5% (male 22,287,799/female 24,321,919)
55-64 years: 6.7% (male 3,545,046/female 4,138,139)
65 years and over: 6.7% (male 3,459,939/female 4,271,731) (2012 est.)

Median age

total: 27.4 years
male: 26.3 years
female: 28.5 years (2012 est.)

Population growth rate

1.086% (2012 est.)

Birth rate

18.87 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)

Death rate

4.9 deaths/1,000 population (July 2012 est.)

Net migration rate

-3.11 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2012 est.)

Urbanization

urban population: 78% of total population (2010)
rate of urbanization: 1.2% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)
note: Mexico City is the second-largest urban agglomeration in the Western Hemisphere, after Sao Paulo (Brazil), but before New York-Newark (US)

Major cities - population

MEXICO CITY (capital) 19.319 million; Guadalajara 4.338 million; Monterrey 3.838 million; Puebla 2.278 million; Tijuana 1.629 million (2009)

Sex ratio

at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.94 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.81 male(s)/female
total population: 0.96 male(s)/female (2011 est.)

Infant mortality rate

total: 16.77 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 18.58 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 14.86 deaths/1,000 live births (2012 est.)

Life expectancy at birth

total population: 76.66 years
male: 73.84 years
female: 79.63 years (2012 est.)

Total fertility rate

2.27 children born/woman (2012 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate

0.3% (2009 est.)

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS

220,000 (2009 est.)

HIV/AIDS - deaths

NA

Sanitation facility access

improved:
urban: 90% of population
rural: 68% of population
total: 85% of population
unimproved:
urban: 10% of population
rural: 32% of population
total: 15% of population

Major infectious diseases

degree of risk: intermediate
food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
vectorborne disease: dengue fever
water contact disease: leptospirosis (2009)

Nationality

noun: Mexican(s)
adjective: Mexican

Ethnic groups

mestizo (Amerindian-Spanish) 60%, Amerindian or predominantly Amerindian 30%, white 9%, other 1%

Religions

Roman Catholic 82.7%, Protestant 1.6%, Jehovah's Witnesses 1.4%, other Evangelical Churches 5%, other 1.9%, none 4.7%, unspecified 2.7% (2000 census)

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)

Literacy

definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 86.1%
male: 86.9%
female: 85.3% (2005 Census)

School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)

total: 14 years
male: 14 years
female: 14 years (2008)

Education expenditures

4.8% of GDP (2007)

Maternal mortality rate

50 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)

Children under the age of 5 years underweight

3.4% (2006)

Health expenditures

13.8% of GDP (2009)

Physicians density

2.893 physicians/1,000 population (2004)

Hospital bed density

1.6 beds/1,000 population (2008)

Obesity - adult prevalence rate

23.6% (2000)