Demographics of Mexico
With a population of about 129 million in 2022, Mexico is the 10th most populated country in the world. It is the largest Spanish-speaking country in the world and the third-most populous country in the Americas after the United States and Brazil. Throughout most of the 20th century Mexico's population was characterized by rapid growth. Although this tendency has been reversed and average annual population growth over the last five years was less than 1%, the demographic transition is still in progress; Mexico still has a large youth cohort. The most populous city in the country is the capital, Mexico City, with a population of 8.9 million (2016), and its metropolitan area is also the most populated with 20.1 million (2010). Approximately 50% of the population lives in one of the 55 large metropolitan areas in the country. In total, about 78.84% of the population of the country lives in urban areas, and only about 21.16% in rural ones.
| Demographics of Mexico | |
|---|---|
Mexico population pyramid in 2020 | |
| Population | 129,150,971 |
| Growth rate | 1.9% (2015) |
| Birth rate | 14.8 births/1,000 population (2022 est.) |
| Death rate | 6.5 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.) |
| Life expectancy | 76.66 years |
| • male | 73.84 years |
| • female | 79.63 years (2012 est.) |
| Fertility rate | 1.63 children born/woman (2020 est.) |
| Infant mortality rate | 16.77 deaths/1,000 live births |
| Net migration rate | −1.64 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2014 est.) |
| Age structure | |
| 0–14 years | 25.2% (male 16,084,833/ female 15,670,451) |
| 15–64 years | 66.4% (male 40,506,343/ female 43,157,097) |
| 65 and over | 8.4% (male 4,746,020/ female 5,575,894) (2020 est.) |
| Sex ratio | |
| Total | 0.96 male(s)/female (2011 est.) |
| At birth | 1.04 male(s)/female |
| Under 15 | 1.05 male(s)/female |
| 15–64 years | 0.94 male(s)/female |
| 65 and over | 0.81 male(s)/female |
| Nationality | |
| Nationality | Mexican |
| Language | |
| Spoken | Spanish, Zapotec, Nahuatl, Mixtec, Purépecha, English, Tzeltal, German, French, Chinese, Italian, and many others are also spoken varying by region |
Demographic censuses are performed by the Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informatica. The National Population Council (CONAPO) is an institution under the Ministry of Interior in charge of the analysis and research of population dynamics. The National Commission for the Development of Indigenous Peoples (CDI), also undertakes research and analysis of the sociodemographic and linguistic indicators of the indigenous peoples.