Facts and Figures:
United Mexican States
Official name: Estados Unidos
Mexicanos
President: Vicente Fox Quesada
(2000)
Area: 761,602 sq mi (1,972,550 sq
km)
Population (2005 est.): 106,202,903
(growth rate: 1.2%); birth rate:
21.0/1000; infant mortality rate:
20.9/1000; life expectancy: 75.2;
density per sq mi: 139
Capital and largest city (2003 est.):
Mexico City, 21,233,900 (metro. area),
8,681,400 (city proper)
Other large cities: Ecatepec,
1,731,900 (part of Mexico City metro.
area); Guadalajara, 1,665,800;
Puebla, 1,345,500; Nezahualcóyotl,
1,250,700 (part of Mexico City metro.
area); Monterrey, 1,135,000
Monetary unit: Mexican peso
Languages: Spanish, various Mayan,
Nahuatl, and other regional indigenous
languages
Ethnicity/race: mestizo
(Amerindian-Spanish) 60%,
Amerindian or predominantly
Amerindian 30%, white 9%, other 1%
Religions: nominally Roman Catholic
89%, Protestant 6%, other 5%
Literacy rate: 92% (2003 est.)
Economic summary: GDP/PPP (2004
est.): $1.006 trillion; per capita $9,600.
Real growth rate: 4.1%. Inflation: 5.4%.
Unemployment: 3.2% plus
underemployment of perhaps 25%.
Arable land: 13%. Agriculture: corn,
wheat, soybeans, rice, beans, cotton,
coffee, fruit, tomatoes; beef, poultry,
dairy products; wood products. Labor
force: 34.73 million; agriculture 18%,
industry 24%, services 58% (2003).
Industries: food and beverages,
tobacco, chemicals, iron and steel,
petroleum, mining, textiles, clothing,
motor vehicles, consumer durables,
tourism. Natural resources: petroleum,
silver, copper, gold, lead, zinc, natural
gas, timber. Exports: $182.4 billion
(f.o.b., 2004 est.): manufactured
goods, oil and oil products, silver,
fruits, vegetables, coffee, cotton.
Imports: $190.8 billion (f.o.b., 2004
est.): metalworking machines, steel
mill products, agricultural machinery,
electrical equipment, car parts for
assembly, repair parts for motor
vehicles, aircraft, and aircraft parts.
Major trading partners: U.S., Canada,
Germany, China, Japan (2003).
Communications: Telephones: main
lines in use: 12.332 million (2000);
mobile cellular: 2.02 million (1998).
Radio broadcast stations: AM 851,
FM 598, shortwave 16 (2000). Radios:
31 million (1997). Television
broadcast stations: 236 (plus
repeaters) (1997). Televisions: 25.6
million (1997). Internet Service
Providers (ISPs): 51 (2000). Internet
users: 3.5 million (2002).
Transportation: Railways: total: 19,510
km (2002). Highways: total: 329,532
km; paved: 108,087 km (including
6,429 km of expressways); unpaved:
221,445 km (1999 est.). Waterways:
2,900 km navigable rivers and coastal
canals. Ports and harbors: Acapulco,
Altamira, Coatzacoalcos, Ensenada,
Guaymas, La Paz, Lazaro Cardenas,
Manzanillo, Mazatlan, Progreso,
Salina Cruz, Tampico, Topolobampo,
Tuxpan, Veracruz. Airports: 1,823
(2002).
International disputes: prolonged
regional drought in the border region
with the U.S. has strained
water-sharing arrangements.
United Mexican States
Official name: Estados Unidos
Mexicanos
President: Vicente Fox Quesada
(2000)
Area: 761,602 sq mi (1,972,550 sq
km)
Population (2005 est.): 106,202,903
(growth rate: 1.2%); birth rate:
21.0/1000; infant mortality rate:
20.9/1000; life expectancy: 75.2;
density per sq mi: 139
Capital and largest city (2003 est.):
Mexico City, 21,233,900 (metro. area),
8,681,400 (city proper)
Other large cities: Ecatepec,
1,731,900 (part of Mexico City metro.
area); Guadalajara, 1,665,800;
Puebla, 1,345,500; Nezahualcóyotl,
1,250,700 (part of Mexico City metro.
area); Monterrey, 1,135,000
Monetary unit: Mexican peso
Languages: Spanish, various Mayan,
Nahuatl, and other regional indigenous
languages
Ethnicity/race: mestizo
(Amerindian-Spanish) 60%,
Amerindian or predominantly
Amerindian 30%, white 9%, other 1%
Religions: nominally Roman Catholic
89%, Protestant 6%, other 5%
Literacy rate: 92% (2003 est.)
Economic summary: GDP/PPP (2004
est.): $1.006 trillion; per capita $9,600.
Real growth rate: 4.1%. Inflation: 5.4%.
Unemployment: 3.2% plus
underemployment of perhaps 25%.
Arable land: 13%. Agriculture: corn,
wheat, soybeans, rice, beans, cotton,
coffee, fruit, tomatoes; beef, poultry,
dairy products; wood products. Labor
force: 34.73 million; agriculture 18%,
industry 24%, services 58% (2003).
Industries: food and beverages,
tobacco, chemicals, iron and steel,
petroleum, mining, textiles, clothing,
motor vehicles, consumer durables,
tourism. Natural resources: petroleum,
silver, copper, gold, lead, zinc, natural
gas, timber. Exports: $182.4 billion
(f.o.b., 2004 est.): manufactured
goods, oil and oil products, silver,
fruits, vegetables, coffee, cotton.
Imports: $190.8 billion (f.o.b., 2004
est.): metalworking machines, steel
mill products, agricultural machinery,
electrical equipment, car parts for
assembly, repair parts for motor
vehicles, aircraft, and aircraft parts.
Major trading partners: U.S., Canada,
Germany, China, Japan (2003).
Communications: Telephones: main
lines in use: 12.332 million (2000);
mobile cellular: 2.02 million (1998).
Radio broadcast stations: AM 851,
FM 598, shortwave 16 (2000). Radios:
31 million (1997). Television
broadcast stations: 236 (plus
repeaters) (1997). Televisions: 25.6
million (1997). Internet Service
Providers (ISPs): 51 (2000). Internet
users: 3.5 million (2002).
Transportation: Railways: total: 19,510
km (2002). Highways: total: 329,532
km; paved: 108,087 km (including
6,429 km of expressways); unpaved:
221,445 km (1999 est.). Waterways:
2,900 km navigable rivers and coastal
canals. Ports and harbors: Acapulco,
Altamira, Coatzacoalcos, Ensenada,
Guaymas, La Paz, Lazaro Cardenas,
Manzanillo, Mazatlan, Progreso,
Salina Cruz, Tampico, Topolobampo,
Tuxpan, Veracruz. Airports: 1,823
(2002).
International disputes: prolonged
regional drought in the border region
with the U.S. has strained
water-sharing arrangements.
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