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.
Press
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(Independent), Sinaloa
http://www.debate.com.mx/
El Día Latinamericano
(Liberal biweekly), Mexico City
El Diario de Monterrey
(Independent), Monterrey
(Conservative business), Mexico City
http://www.economista.com.mx/
(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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We may, sooner than most of us had expected, see Mexico become the next narco-state of the 21st century.
Events in Mexico seems to be adding up to a popular uprising: poverty, lack of opportunity, corruption, impunity.
President Obama’s visit to Mexico has been compared to a quick doctor’s check up on Felipe Calderon.
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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