MEXICO

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Country Name: United Mexican States

Capital City: Mexico (Distrito Federal)

Population: 40% (2003 est.)

Population Growth: 1.153% (2007 est.)

Currency: Mexican peso (MXN)

Languages: Spanish, various Mayan, Nahuatl, and other regional indigenous languages

Area: 1,972,550 sq km

Inflation Rate: 3.4% (2006 est.)

Unemployment Rate: 3.2% plus underemployment of perhaps 25% (2006)

Domain extension:

PEOPLE OF MEXICO

Age Structure 0-14 years:

30.1% (male 16,696,089/female 16,011,563)

Age Structure 15-64 years:

64% (male 33,624,812/female 35,925,372)

Age Structure 65 years and over:

5.9% (male 2,917,563/female 3,525,492) (2007 est.)

Median Age - total:

25.6 years

Median Age - male:

24.6 years

Median Age - female:

26.6 years (2007 est.)

Population Growth Rate:

1.153% (2007 est.)

Birth Rate:

20.36 births/1,000 population (2007 est.)

Death Rate:

4.76 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.)

Net Migration Rate:

-4.08 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.)

Sex Ratio - at birth:

1.05 male(s)/female

Sex Ratio - under 15 years:

1.043 male(s)/female

Sex Ratio - 15-64 years:

0.936 male(s)/female

Sex Ratio - 65 years and over:

0.828 male(s)/female

Sex Ratio - total population:

0.96 male(s)/female (2007 est.)

Life Expectancy at Birth - total:

75.63 years

Life Expectancy at Birth - male:

72.84 years

Life Expectancy at Birth - female:

78.56 years (2007 est.)

Major Infectious Diseases:

Nationality:

Mexican(s)

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, various Mayan, Nahuatl, and other regional indigenous languages