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MEXICO - United Mexican States, Estados Unidos Mexicanos
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LANGUAGE FACTS:
| National or official language: |
Spanish |
| Other spoken languages: |
• Mayan
• Nahuatl
• 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.) |
THE PEOPLE:
| Population: |
104,959,594 (July 2004 est.) |
| Structure: |
0-14 years: 31.6% (male 16,913,290; female 16,228,552)
15-64 years: 62.9% (male 31,975,391; female 34,090,440)
65 years and over: 5.5% (male 2,618,713; female 3,133,208) (2004 est.) |
| Ethnic groups: |
mestizo (Amerindian-Spanish) 60%, Amerindian or predominantly Amerindian 30%, white 9%, other 1% |
| Religions: |
nominally Roman Catholic 89%, Protestant 6%, other 5% |
ECONOMICS:
Currency: Mexican peso (MXN)
| Major exports 2002 |
% of total |
Major imports 2002 |
% of total |
| Manufactures |
86.1 |
Intermediate goods |
75.8 |
| Maquiladora |
47.0 |
Maquiladora |
34.5 |
| Oil |
11.3 |
Consumer goods |
12.6 |
| Agricultural products |
2.3 |
Capital goods |
11.9 |
| Leading markets 2002 |
% of total |
Leading suppliers 2002 |
% of total |
US
|
87.6 |
US |
68.0 |
| Canada |
1.8 |
China |
6.1 |
| Germany |
1.2 |
Japan |
4.9 |
| Spain |
0.9 |
Germany |
4.0 |
|
GDP (US$ bn; market exchange rate)
|
626.1 |
Real GDP growth |
2.4 |
| GDP (US$ bn; PPP) |
954.9(b) |
Real domestic demand growth |
2.8 |
| GDP per head (US$; market exchange rate) |
6,036 |
Inflation |
8.3 |
| GDP per head (US$; purchasing power parity) |
9,207(b) |
FDI inflows/GDP |
2.8 |
THE COUNTRY
| Government type: |
federal republic |
| Capital: |
Mexico (Distrito Federal) |
| Independence: |
16 September 1810 (from Spain) |
| National holiday: |
Independence Day, 16 September (1810) |
| Legal system: |
mixture of US constitutional theory and civil law system; judicial review of legislative acts; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations |
| Suffrage: |
18 years of age; universal |
For more information visit:
Ethnologue - Language background on MEXICO
Country trivias - MEXICO
Economics - MEXICO
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