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Mexico Facts

Mexico, state of southern North America; 2 million km2, 126.2 million residents (2019). Mexico has land borders with the US in the north and Guatemala and Belize in the south as well as the coast towards the Gulf of Mexico in the east, the Caribbean in the south-east and the Pacific in the west. The country is divided by the northern tropic into two roughly equal parts. The capital is Mexico City (8.4 million residents, 2019).

Mexico Country Flag

Country facts

  • Estados Unidos Mexicanos / Mexico United States
  • Country abbreviation: MX
  • Area: 2 million km2
  • Population (2019): 126.2 million residents
  • Capital: Mexico City
  • Main language: Spanish
  • State: Republic
  • Head of State and Head of Government: Andrés Manuel López Obrador (President)
  • Per capita GDP (2018): US $ 9,698
  • GNI per capita (2018): US $ 9 180
  • Currency unit: 1 nuevo peso = 100 centavos
  • Currency code: MXN
  • Country number (telephony): 52
  • Internet domain name: mx
  • Time difference compared to Sweden: −7 to −9
  • National Day: September 16 (Beginning of the Independence Camp, 1810)
  • Independence Day: March 28, 1821

Nature

  • Land use: forest (25%), agricultural land (14%), other (61%)
  • Highest mountain: Citlaltépetl (5,699 m above sea level)

Population

  • Population density (2019): 63 residents per km2
  • Natural population growth (2019): 1.3%; birth rate 17 ‰, death figure 6 ‰
  • Age structure (2019): 0-14 years (27%), 15-64 (66%), 65- (7%)
  • Life expectancy (2019): men 72 years, women 78 years
  • Infant mortality (2019): 13 per 1,000 live births
  • Population forecast (2050): 148 million residents
  • HDI (2017): 0.774 (place 74 of 189)
  • Urbanization rate (2019): 73%
  • Most populous cities (2014): Mexico City (8.6 million residents), Puebla (1.5 million), Guadalajara (1.5 million)

Business

  • Industry’s contribution to GDP (2017): agriculture (4%), industry (32%), service (64%)
  • Exports (2017): US $ 409,800 million
  • Main export products: manufacturing, oil, silver
  • Main exporting countries: USA, Canada, Spain
  • Imports (2017): US $ 420,800 million
  • Main import products: machinery, equipment and materials for industry, vehicles
  • Main importing countries: USA, China, Japan
  • Railway network (2017): 20 800 km

Mexico is primarily a highland with a heavily broken surface, tipped to the north and confined to the east and west by mountain ranges. In addition, the Baja California peninsula in the northwest and the Yucatán peninsula in the southeast. Along the Gulf of Mexico, a coastal plain is spreading, which quickly tapers south. The coast is swampy and has plenty of lagoons and sandy reefs with plenty of coral islands outside. The northern part of Mexico has tropical steppe and desert climate, while in the south there is predominantly savannah climate.

It is a federal state with great power on the part of the federal president. He is elected for six years and is also the head of government. The Congress, which is the legislative body, consists of two chambers: the Chamber of Deputies elected every three years, and the Senate elected for six years.

The country has rich assets of oil and various metals. These are the most important industries, together with the manufacturing industry, agriculture and tourism. The Mexican economy has gone from oil dependency and import substitution to being characterized by economic liberalization and diversification, driven by the export-oriented composition industry. However, after a strong recovery in the late 1990s, growth has been weak. In recent years, the country has been hit hard by the economic crisis in the United States, which is Mexico’s main trading partner.

Mexico Map

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Read more:

  • What is the Capital of Mexico? Mexico City
  • Currency in Mexico
  • Mexico Population
  • New Mexico Holidays
  • Where is Mexico Located?
  • Mexico Holidays
  • Mexico Airports
  • Embassies of Mexico
  • New Mexico Airports
  • List of All Counties in New Mexico
  • Mexico Major Imports
  • Mexico Flag and Meaning
  • Mexico Import Restrictions

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