Mexico  
   
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:  119,713,203 (July 2014 est.)
Age structure:

0-14 years: 28.0% (male 17,129,193/female 16,395,370)
15-24 years: 18.18% (male 10,854,952/female 10,914,232)
25-54 years: 40.11% (male 22,812,938/female 25,205,699)
55-64 years: 7.02% (male 3,975,909/female 4,432,517)
65 years and over: 6.67% (male 3,662,907/female 4,329,486) (2014 est.)

Population growth rate: 1.09% (2014 est.)
Birth rate:

18.74 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

Death rate:  5.70 deaths/1,000 population (2014 est.)
Sex ratio: 

at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
0-14 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
15-24 years: 1.02 male(s)/female
25-54 years: 0.93 male(s)/female
55-64 years: 0.96 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.81 male(s)/female
total population: 0.96 male(s)/female (2014 est.)

Infant mortality rate:

total: 12.39 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 13.62 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 11.09 deaths/1,000 live births (2014 est.)

Life expectancy at birth: 

total population: 75.73 years
male: 72.05 years
female: 77.55 years (2014 est.)

Total fertility rate: 2.20 children born/woman (2014 est.)
Current contraceptive use among married women 15-49 years old(any method):  73% (2007-2012)
Unmet need of contraceptive:  10% (2009)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:  174,300 (2012)
HIV/AIDS - deaths:  NA
Literacy:

definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 93.5%
male: 94.8%
female: 92.3% (2011 est.)

Economy
GDP (purchasing power parity): 

$1.845 trillion (2013 est.)

GDP (official exchange rate): 

$1.327 trillion (2013 est.)

GDP - real growth rate: 

1.2% (2013 est.)

GDP - per capita (PPP): 

$15,600 (2013 est.)

GDP - composition by sector:

agriculture: 3.6%
industry: 36.6%
services: 59.8% (2013 est.)

Labor force - by occupation: 

agriculture: 13.4%
industry: 24.1%
services: 61.9% (2011)

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:

manufactured goods, oil and oil products, silver, fruits, vegetables, coffee, cotton

Others
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
conventional short form: Mexico
local long form: Estados Unidos Mexicanos
local short form: Mexico

Government type: 

federal republic
Capital:

name: Mexico (Distrito Federal)
geographic coordinates: 19 26 N, 99 08 W
time difference: UTC-6 (1 hour behind Washington, DC during Standard Time)
daylight saving time: +1hr, begins first Sunday in April; ends last Sunday in October
note: Mexico is divided into three time zones

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
 
 

 
 

Source :

UN_Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS), Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS) and other national surveys; United Nations Population Division
CIA The World Factbook

Update date: August 2014