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.)

Birth rate:
19.71 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

Death rate:
4.8 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)

Net migration rate:
-3.61 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

Urbanization:
urban population: 77% of total population (2008)
rate of urbanization: 1.5% annual rate of change (2005-10 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.)

Major infectious diseases:
degree of risk: intermediate
food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
vectorborne disease: dengue fever
water contact disease: leptospirosis (2009)

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.)

School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):
total: 13 years
male: 14 years
female: 13 years (2006)

Education expenditures:
5.5% of GDP (2005)