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Mexico

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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.

Press

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El Debate

(Independent), Sinaloa
http://www.debate.com.mx/

El Día Latinamericano

(Liberal biweekly), Mexico City

El Diario de Monterrey

(Independent), Monterrey

El Economista

(Conservative business), Mexico City
http://www.economista.com.mx/

El Financiero

(Independent, business-oriented), Mexico City
http://www.elfinanciero.com.mx/

El Financiero Internacional

(Business weekly), Mexico City

El Financiero International

(Business weekly, English version), Mexico City

Mexico in the News

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Mexico: Notes from Narcoland

We may, sooner than most of us had expected, see Mexico become the next narco-state of the 21st century.

Documenting an Uprising, a Photographer is Charged with a Murder Coverup

Events in Mexico seems to be adding up to a popular uprising: poverty, lack of opportunity, corruption, impunity.

Mexico: Obama's 'House Call'

President Obama’s visit to Mexico has been compared to a quick doctor’s check up on Felipe Calderon.

Searching for Solutions to Mexico's Skyrocketing Violence

The escalating violence represents an ugly offensive by Mexican drug gangs retaliating against the government's increased determination to combat drug trafficking and drug-related violence.

 

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