Mexico vs. United States
Demographics
| Mexico | United States | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 130,207,371 (July 2021 est.) | 334,998,398 (July 2021 est.) note: the US Census Bureau's 2020 census results show the US population as 331,449,281 as of 1 April 2020 |
| 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.) | 0-14 years: 18.46% (male 31,374,555/female 30,034,371) 15-24 years: 12.91% (male 21,931,368/female 21,006,463) 25-54 years: 38.92% (male 64,893,670/female 64,564,565) 55-64 years: 12.86% (male 20,690,736/female 22,091,808) 65 years and over: 16.85% (male 25,014,147/female 31,037,419) (2020 est.) |
| Median age | total: 29.3 years male: 28.2 years female: 30.4 years (2020 est.) | total: 38.5 years male: 37.2 years female: 39.8 years (2020 est.) |
| Population growth rate | 1.04% (2021 est.) | 0.7% (2021 est.) |
| Birth rate | 17.29 births/1,000 population (2021 est.) | 12.33 births/1,000 population (2021 est.) |
| Death rate | 5.41 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.) | 8.35 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.) |
| Net migration rate | -1.46 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2021 est.) | 3.03 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2021 est.) |
| 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.) | at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female NA 0-14 years: 1.04 male(s)/female 15-24 years: 1.04 male(s)/female 25-54 years: 1.01 male(s)/female 55-64 years: 0.94 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.81 male(s)/female total population: 0.97 male(s)/female (2020 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.) | total: 5.22 deaths/1,000 live births male: 5.61 deaths/1,000 live births female: 4.81 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 population: 80.43 years male: 78.18 years female: 82.65 years (2021 est.) |
| Total fertility rate | 2.17 children born/woman (2021 est.) | 1.84 children born/woman (2021 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate | 0.4% (2020 est.) | NA |
| Nationality | noun: Mexican(s) adjective: Mexican | noun: American(s) adjective: American |
| 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 | White 72.4%, Black 12.6%, Asian 4.8%, Amerindian and Alaska Native 0.9%, Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander 0.2%, other 6.2%, two or more races 2.9% (2010 est.) note: a separate listing for Hispanic is not included because the US Census Bureau considers Hispanic to mean persons of Spanish/Hispanic/Latino origin including those of Mexican, Cuban, Puerto Rican, Dominican Republic, Spanish, and Central or South American origin living in the US who may be of any race or ethnic group (White, Black, Asian, etc.); an estimated 16.3% of the total US population is Hispanic as of 2010 |
| HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS | 340,000 (2020 est.) | NA |
| 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.) | Protestant 46.5%, Roman Catholic 20.8%, Jewish 1.9%, Mormon 1.6%, other Christian 0.9%, Muslim 0.9%, Jehovah's Witness 0.8%, Buddhist 0.7%, Hindu 0.7%, other 1.8%, unaffiliated 22.8%, don't know/refused 0.6% (2014 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - deaths | 4,300 (2020 est.) | NA |
| 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. | English only 78.2%, Spanish 13.4%, Chinese 1.1%, other 7.3% (2017 est.) note: data represent the language spoken at home; the US has no official national language, but English has acquired official status in 32 of the 50 states; Hawaiian is an official language in the state of Hawaii, and 20 indigenous languages are official in Alaska |
| School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) | total: 15 years male: 15 years female: 15 years (2018) | total: 16 years male: 16 years female: 17 years (2018) |
| Education expenditures | 4.5% of GDP (2017) | 5% of GDP (2014) |
| Urbanization | urban population: 81% of total population (2021) rate of urbanization: 1.4% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) | urban population: 82.9% of total population (2021) rate of urbanization: 0.96% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) |
| 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.) | improved: urban: 100% of population rural: 97% of population total: 99% of population unimproved: urban: 0% of population rural: 3% of population total: 1% of population (2017 est.) |
| 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.) | improved: urban: 100% of population rural: 100% of population total: 100% of population unimproved: urban: 0% of population rural: 0% of population total: 0% of population (2017 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) | 18.823 million New York-Newark, 12.459 million Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, 8.877 million Chicago, 6.491 million Houston, 6.397 million Dallas-Fort Worth, 5.378 million WASHINGTON, D.C. (capital) (2021) |
| Maternal mortality rate | 33 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.) | 19 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.) |
| Children under the age of 5 years underweight | 4.7% (2018/19) | 0.4% (2017/18) |
| Health expenditures | 5.4% (2018) | 16.9% (2018) |
| Physicians density | 2.38 physicians/1,000 population (2017) | 2.61 physicians/1,000 population (2017) |
| Obesity - adult prevalence rate | 28.9% (2016) | 36.2% (2016) |
| Mother's mean age at first birth | 21.3 years (2008 est.) | 27 years (2019 est.) |
| Contraceptive prevalence rate | 73.1% (2018) | 73.9% (2017/19) |
| Dependency ratios | total dependency ratio: 50.3 youth dependency ratio: 38.8 elderly dependency ratio: 11.4 potential support ratio: 8.7 (2020 est.) | total dependency ratio: 53.9 youth dependency ratio: 28.3 elderly dependency ratio: 25.6 potential support ratio: 3.9 (2020 est.) |
Source: CIA Factbook
