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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The tortilla crisis illustrates the vulnerability of Mexicans' access to food. Since NAFTA went into effect in January of 1994, the price of the tortilla has risen 738 percent.
President Felipe Calderon may be the constitutionally elected leader, but in reality, drug cartels and warlords exercise de facto authority over much of the area.
The Baja peninsula offers significant eco-tourism attractions: the region’s clear and tranquil waters, its lagoons and wetlands, marine reserves, and desert landscape framed by the Sea of Cortez are only some of its marvellous natural beauties.
Drug producing and transit countries throughout Latin America have in recent years also become drug consuming countries, as drug traffickers seek profits at home.
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