Mexico

Facts

Population:  101,879,171 (July 2001 est.)
Age structure:  0-14 years:  33.32% (male 17,312,220; female 16,635,438) 15-64 years:  62.28% (male 30,888,015; female 32,558,359) 65 years and over:  4.4% (male 1,997,219; female 2,487,920) (2001 est.)
Population growth rate:  1.5% (2001 est.)
Birth rate:  22.77 births/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Death rate:  5.02 deaths/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Net migration rate:  -2.77 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Sex ratio:  at birth:  1.05 male(s)/female under 15 years:  1.04 male(s)/female 15-64 years:  0.95 male(s)/female 65 years and over:  0.8 male(s)/female total population:  0.97 male(s)/female (2001 est.)
Infant mortality rate:  25.36 deaths/1,000 live births (2001 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:  total population:  71.76 years male:  68.73 years female:  74.93 years (2001 est.)
Total fertility rate:  2.62 children born/woman (2001 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:  0.29% (1999 est.)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:  150,000 (1999 est.)
HIV/AIDS - deaths:  4,700 (1999 est.)
Nationality:  noun:  Mexican(s) adjective:  Mexican
Ethnic groups:  mestizo (Amerindian-Spanish) 60%, Amerindian or predominantly Amerindian 30%, white 9%, other 1%
Religions:  nominally Roman Catholic 89%, Protestant 6%, other 5%
Languages:  Spanish, various Mayan, Nahuatl, and other regional indigenous languages
Literacy:  definition:  age 15 and over can read and write total population:  89.6% male:  91.8% female:  87.4% (1995 est.)
GDP:  purchasing power parity - $915 billion (2000 est.)
GDP - real growth rate:  7.1% (2000 est.)
GDP - per capita:  purchasing power parity - $9,100 (2000 est.)
GDP - composition by sector:  agriculture:  5% industry:  27% services:  68% (2000)
Population below poverty line:  27% (1998 est.)
Household income or consumption by percentage share:  lowest 10%:  1.8% highest 10%:  36.6% (1996)
Inflation rate (consumer prices):  9% (2000 est.)
Labor force:  39.8 million (2000)
Labor force - by occupation:  agriculture 20%, industry 24%, services 56% (1998)
Unemployment rate:  urban - 2.2% (2000); plus considerable underemployment
Budget:  revenues:  $125 billion expenditures:  $130 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2000 est.)
Industries:  food and beverages, tobacco, chemicals, iron and steel, petroleum, mining, textiles, clothing, motor vehicles, consumer durables, tourism
Industrial production growth rate:  7.5% (2000 est.)
Electricity - production:  182.492 billion kWh (1999)
Electricity - production by source:  fossil fuel:  74.12% hydro:  17.75% nuclear:  5.21% other:  2.92% (1999)
Electricity - consumption:  170.754 billion kWh (1999)
Electricity - exports:  11 million kWh (1999)
Electricity - imports:  1.047 billion kWh (1999)
Agriculture - products:  corn, wheat, soybeans, rice, beans, cotton, coffee, fruit, tomatoes; beef, poultry, dairy products; wood products
Exports:  $168 billion (f.o.b., 2000), includes in-bond industries (assembly plant operations)
Exports - commodities:  manufactured goods, oil and oil products, silver, fruits, vegetables, coffee, cotton
Exports - partners:  US 88.6%, Canada 2%, Spain 0.9%, Germany 0.9%, Japan 0.6%, UK 0.6%, Netherlands Antilles 0.5%, Switzerland 0.3% Venezuela 0.3%, Chile 0.3% (2000 est.)
Imports:  $176 billion (f.o.b., 2000), includes in-bond industries (assembly plant operations)
Imports - commodities:  metal-working machines, steel mill products, agricultural machinery, electrical equipment, car parts for assembly, repair parts for motor vehicles, aircraft, and aircraft parts
Imports - partners:  US 73.6%, Japan 3.7%, Germany 3.3%, Canada 2.3%, South Korea 2%, China 1.6%, Taiwan 1.2%, Italy 1%, Brazil 1% (2000 est.)
Debt - external:  $162 billion (2000)
Economic aid - recipient:  $1.166 billion (1995)
Currency:  Mexican peso (MXN)
Currency code:  MXN
Exchange rates:  Mexican pesos per US dollar - 9.7701 (January 2001), 9.4556 (2000), 9.5604 (1999), 9.1360 (1998), 7.9185 (1997), 7.5994 (1996)
Fiscal year:  calendar year

Statistics: CIA World Factbook.

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