Mexico December 1, 2018 Acapulco , Americas , Amérique hispanique , Atlantic , Atlantic Ocean , Californie , Campeche , Cancun , Caribbean , Caribbean Sea , Central America , Chiapas , Chihuahua , Ciudad Juarez , colony , Entitées fédérées , Estados Unidos Mexicanos , États-Unis du Mexique , EUM , French colony , Golfe du Mexique , Guadalajara , human rights , International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women , Isthmus of Tehuantepec , Maya , Mexico , Monterrey , North America , oil , Pacific , Pacific Ocean , Popocatépetl , Puebla , Ring of Fire , Riviera Maya , Sinaloa , Spanish , Spanish colony , Spanish Empire , Spanish language , Tijuana , Toluca , tourism , Tulum , Veracruz , violence , volcano , womens rights , Yucatan Official name United Mexican States Name in local language Estados Unidos Mexicanos (es) Continent Americas Subcontinent North America Population (ranking: 11e ) 124,621,655 inhabitants (2018) Population growth 1.40 % / year Area 1,964,375 km² Density 63.44 inhabitants / km² GDP (ranking: 15e )1,149.919 billions $USD (2017) GDP/capita (ranking ) 8,903 $USD (2017) GDP growth 2.00 % / year (2017) Life expectancy (ranking ) 76.50 years (2016) Birth rate 19.00 ‰ (2016) Fertility rate 2.20 children / woman (2016) Death rate (ranking ) 5.00 ‰ (2016) Infant mortality rate (ranking ) 13.00 ‰ (2016) Literacy rate 95.14 % (2015) Official languages Spanish Currency Peso (MXN) HDI (ranking: 103e )0.774 / 1 (2017) EPI (ranking )59.69 (2018) Government Federal presidential constitutional republic Head of State President Andrés Manuel López Obrador National Day 16 September (independence of 1810) ISO Codes MX, MEX Demonym Mexican Tourists (ranking ) 39,298,000 people (2017)
Mexico is a federal republic composed of 32 states straddling North America and Central America (Isthmus of Tehuantepec). His full name is United States of Mexico. It shares borders with the United States to the north, Belize and Guatemala to the south.
Mexico City, Mexico Colima volcano in eruption, Mexico. Photo: Sergio Tapiro
Mexico – Age structure (2015). Source: Inegi Urban areas (2014) Urban areas Population Mexico 20,879,830 inhabitants Guadalajara 4,798,384 inhabitants Monterrey 4,468,976 inhabitants Puebla (Heroica Puebla de Zaragoza) 2,955,757 inhabitants Toluca 2,142,129 inhabitants León 1,791,869 inhabitants La Laguna - Torreon 1,215,817 inhabitants Querétaro 1,097,025 inhabitants San-Luis Potosi 1,090,838 inhabitants Mérida 974,656 inhabitants Mexicali 956,223 inhabitants Acapulco 951,350 inhabitants Culiacán 938,740 inhabitants Aguascalientes 932,369 inhabitants Cuernavaca 924,964 inhabitants Chihuahua 891,891 inhabitants Tampico 859,419 inhabitants Morelia 829,625 inhabitants Saltillo 823,128 inhabitants Veracruz 811,671 inhabitants Hermosillo 787,103 inhabitants Villahermosa 755,425 inhabitants Coatzacoalcos 745,021 inhabitants Cancún 700,394 inhabitants Tuxtla Gutiérrez 684,156 inhabitants
Administrative divisions States (federal entities) Population Area Aguascalientes 1,312,544 inhabitants 5,618 km² Basse-Californie 3,315,766 inhabitants 71,446 km² Basse-Californie du Sud 712,029 inhabitants 73,475 km² Campeche 899,931 inhabitants 57,925 km² Chiapas 5,217,908 inhabitants 73,289 km² Chihuahua 3,556,574 inhabitants 247,455 km² Coahuila 2,954,915 inhabitants 151,563 km² Colima 711,235 inhabitants 5,625 km² Durango 1,754,754 inhabitants 123,451 km² Guanajuato 5,853,677 inhabitants 30,608 km² Guerrero 3,533,251 inhabitants 63,621 km² Hidalgo 2,858,359 inhabitants 20,842 km² Jalisco 7,844,830 inhabitants 78,609 km² Mexico (État) 16,187,608 inhabitants 22,357 km² Michoacán 4,584,471 inhabitants 58,643 km² Morelos 1,903,811 inhabitants 4,893 km² Nayarit 1,181,050 inhabitants 27,815 km² Nouveau León (Nuevo León) 5,119,504 inhabitants 64,220 km² Oaxaca 3,967,889 inhabitants 93,793 km² Puebla 6,168,883 inhabitants 34,290 km² Querétaro 2,038,372 inhabitants 11,684 km² Quintana Roo 1,501,562 inhabitants 42,361 km² San Luis Potosí 2,717,820 inhabitants 60,982 km² Sinaloa 2,966,321 inhabitants 57,377 km² Sonora 2,850,330 inhabitants 179,503 km²
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