| Mexico |
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| Geography | |
| Location: | Middle America, bordering the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico, between Belize and the US and bordering the North Pacific Ocean, between Guatemala and the US |
| Area: | total:
1,964,375 sq km land: 1,943,945 sq km water: 20,430 sq km |
| Natural Resources: | Petroleum, Silver, Copper, Gold, Lead, Zinc, Natural Gas, Timber |
| Population and Health | |
| Population: | 112,468,855 (July 2010 est.) |
| Age structure: | 0-14
years: 28.7% (male 16,469,087/female 15,786,614) 15-64 years: 64.9% (male 35,290,051/female 37,723,834) 65 years and over: 6.4% (male 3,238,802/female 3,960,467) (2010 est.) |
| Population growth rate: | 1.118% (2010 est.) |
| Birth rate: | 19.39 births/1,000 population (2010 est.) |
| Death rate: | 4.83 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Sex ratio: | at
birth: 1.05 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 0.94 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.82 male(s)/female total population: 0.96 male(s)/female (2010 est.) |
| Infant mortality rate: | total:
17.84 deaths/1,000 live births male: 19.71 deaths/1,000 live births female: 15.88 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.) |
| Life expectancy at birth: | total
population: 76.26 years male: 73.45 years female: 79.22 years (2010 est.) |
| Total fertility rate: | 2.31 children born/woman (2010 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: | 0.3% (2007 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: | 200,000 (2007 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - deaths: | 11,000 (2007 est.) |
| Literacy: | definition:
age 15 and over can read and write total population: 91% male: 92.4% female: 89.6% (2004 est.) |
| Economy | |
| GDP (purchasing power parity): | $1.482 trillion (2009 est.) |
| GDP (official exchange rate): | $1.017 trillion (2009 est.) |
| GDP - real growth rate: | -6.5% (2009 est.) |
| GDP - per capita (PPP): | $13,500 (2009 est.) |
| GDP - composition by sector: | agriculture:
3.7% |
| Labor force - by occupation: | agriculture:
4.3% |
| Inflation rate (consumer prices): | 3.6% (2009) |
| Agriculture - products: | Corn, Wheat, Soybeans, Rice, Beans, Cotton, Coffee, Fruit, Tomatoes; Beef, Poultry, Dairy Products; Wood products |
| Industries: | food and beverages, tobacco, chemicals, iron and steel, petroleum, mining, textiles, clothing, motor vehicles, consumer durables, tourism |
| Exports - commodities: | gold, cocoa, timber, tuna, bauxite, aluminum, manganese ore, diamonds, horticulture |
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| Nationality: | noun:
Mexican(s) adjective: Mexican |
| Religions: |
Roman Catholic 76.5%, Protestant 6.3% (Pentecostal 1.4%, Jehovah's Witnesses 1.1%, other 3.8%), other 0.3%, unspecified 13.8%, none 3.1% (2000 census) |
| 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) |
| Country name: | conventional
long form: United Mexican States |
| Government type: | federal republic |
| Capital: | name:
Mexico (Distrito Federal) |
| Administrative divisions: | 31 states (estados, singular - estado) and 1 federal district* (distrito federal); Aguascalientes, Baja California, Baja California Sur, Campeche, Chiapas, Chihuahua, Coahuila de Zaragoza, Colima, Distrito Federal*, Durango, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico, Michoacan de Ocampo, Morelos, Nayarit, Nuevo Leon, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro de Arteaga, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Tlaxcala, Veracruz-Llave, Yucatan, Zacatecas |
| Independence: | 16 September 1810 (declared); 27 September 1821 (recognized by Spain) |
| Legal system: | mixture of US constitutional theory and civil law system; judicial review of legislative acts; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations |
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| Source : CIA The World Factbook |
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