Mexico Profile

GDP (Purchasing Power Parity)

$1.134 trillion (2006 est.)
GDP real growth rate 4.5% (2006 est.)

GDP per capita

$10,600 (2006 est.)

Population

107,449,525 (July 2006 est.)

Age structure

0-14 years: 30.6% 
15-64 years: 63.6% 
65 years and over: 5.8% (2006 est.)

Population growth rate

1.16% (est. 2006)

Labor Force

38.09 million (2006 est.)

Labor Force- by Occupation

agriculture: 18%
industry: 24%
services: 58% (2003)

Birth rate

20.69 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Death rate 

4.74 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Net migration rate

-4.32 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2006 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: 0.83 male(s)/female
total population: 0.96 male(s)/female (2006 est.)

Infant mortality rate 

total: 20.26 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 22.19 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 18.24 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Life expectancy at birth

total population: 75.41 years
male: 72.63 years
female: 78.33 years (2006 est.)

Total fertility rate

2.42 children born/woman (2006 est.)

Ethnic groups

60% Mestizo (Amerindian-Spanish) 
30% Amerindian or predominantly Amerindian 
 9% White 
1% Other 

Religions

89% nominally Roman Catholic 
6% Protestant  
5% other 

Languages

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

Literacy 
(definition: age 15 and over can read and write)

total population: 92.2%
male: 94%
female: 90.5% (2003 est.)

Sources: CIA World Fact Book, INEGI