Nationality: noun: Mexican(s)
adjective: Mexican

Ethnic groups:
mestizo (Amerindian-Spanish) 60%, Amerindian or predominantly Amerindian 30%, white 9%, other 1%

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)

Religions:
Roman Catholic 82.7%, Protestant 1.6%, Jehovah's Witnesses 1.4%, other Evangelical Churches 5%, other 1.9%, none 4.7%, unspecified 2.7% (2000 census)

Population:
118,818,228 (July 2013 est.)
country comparison to the world: 12
[see also: Population country ranks ]

Age structure:
0-14 years: 27.4% (male 16,268,424/female 15,587,324)
[see also: Age structure 0-14 years country ranks ]
15-24 years: 18.1% (male 10,566,890/female 10,421,798)
25-54 years: 40.7% (male 22,647,828/female 24,677,965)
55-64 years: 6.9% (male 3,703,316/female 4,337,956)
65 years and over: 6.9% (male 3,574,207/female 4,435,239) (2013 est.)

Dependency ratios:
total dependency ratio: 53.6 %
[see also: Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio country ranks ]
youth dependency ratio: 43.7 %
elderly dependency ratio: 9.8 %
potential support ratio: 10.2 (2013)

Median age:
total: 27.7 years
[see also: Median age - total country ranks ]
male: 26.6 years
female: 28.8 years (2013 est.)

Population growth rate:
1.07% (2013 est.)
country comparison to the world: 109
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Birth rate:
18.61 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)
country comparison to the world: 104
[see also: Birth rate country ranks ]

Death rate:
4.94 deaths/1,000 population (2013 est.)
country comparison to the world: 189
[see also: Death rate country ranks ]

Net migration rate:
-2.99 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2013 est.)
country comparison to the world: 177
[see also: Net migration rate country ranks ]

Urbanization:
urban population: 78% of total population (2010)
[see also: Urbanization - urban population country ranks ]
rate of urbanization: 1.2% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)
note: Mexico City is the second-largest urban agglomeration in the Western Hemisphere, after Sao Paulo (Brazil), but before New York-Newark (US)

Major urban areas - population:
MEXICO CITY (capital) 19.319 million; Guadalajara 4.338 million; Monterrey 3.838 million; Puebla 2.278 million; Tijuana 1.629 million (2009)

Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
[see also: Sex ratio - at birth country ranks ]
0-14 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
15-24 years: 1.01 male(s)/female
25-54 years: 0.92 male(s)/female
55-64 years: 0.86 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.81 male(s)/female
total population: 0.96 male(s)/female (2013 est.)

Mother's mean age at first birth:
21.3
note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2006 est.)
[see also: Mother's mean age at first birth country ranks ]

Maternal mortality rate:
50 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
country comparison to the world: 109
[see also: Maternal mortality rate country ranks ]

Infant mortality rate:
total: 16.26 deaths/1,000 live births
country comparison to the world: 103
male: 18.04 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 14.38 deaths/1,000 live births (2013 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 76.86 years
country comparison to the world: 72
male: 74.03 years
female: 79.83 years (2013 est.)

Total fertility rate:
2.25 children born/woman (2013 est.)
country comparison to the world: 99
[see also: Total fertility rate country ranks ]

Contraceptive prevalence rate:
70.9% (2006)
[see also: Contraceptive prevalence rate country ranks ]

Health expenditures:
6.4% of GDP (2009)
country comparison to the world: 97
[see also: Health expenditures country ranks ]

Physicians density:
1.96 physicians/1,000 population (2009)
[see also: Physicians density country ranks ]

Hospital bed density:
1.7 beds/1,000 population (2010)
[see also: Hospital bed density country ranks ]

Drinking water source:
improved: