The People of Mexico
The People of Mexico
Mexican People
Population: 111,211,789 (July 2009 est.)
Age structure: 0-14 years: 29.1% (male 16,544,223/female 15,861,141) 15-64 years: 64.6% (male 34,734,571/female 37,129,793) 65 years and over: 6.2% (male 3,130,518/female 3,811,543) (2009 est.)
Median age: total: 26.3 years male: 25.3 years female: 27.3 years (2009 est.)
Population growth rate: 1.13% (2009 est.)
Death rate: 4.78 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Net migration rate: -3.61 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 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 (2009 est.)
Infant mortality rate: total: 18.42 deaths/1,000 live births male: 20.3 deaths/1,000 live births female: 16.44 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)
Life expectancy at birth: total population: 76.06 years male: 73.25 years female: 79 years (2009 est.)
Total fertility rate: 2.34 children born/woman (2009 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.)
Nationality: noun: Mexican(s) adjective: Mexican
Ethnic groups: mestizo (Amerindian-Spanish) 60%, Amerindian or predominantly Amerindian 30%, white 9%, other 1%
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)
Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 91% male: 92.4% female: 89.6% (2004 est.)