Mexico 
Facts
Population: 108,700,891 (July 2007 est.).
Age structure: 0-14 years: 30.1% (male 16,696,089/female 16,011,563)
15-64 years: 64% (male 33,624,812/female 35,925,372)
65 years and over: 5.9% (male 2,917,563/female 3,525,492) (2007 est.).
Population growth rate: 1.153% (2007 est.).
Birth rate: 20.36 births/1,000 population (2007 est.).
Death rate: 4.76 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.).
Net migration rate: -4.08 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.).
Sex ratio: at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.043 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.936 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.828 male(s)/female
total population: 0.96 male(s)/female (2007 est.).
Infant mortality rate: total: 19.63 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 21.54 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 17.62 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.).
Life expectancy at birth: total population: 75.63 years
male: 72.84 years
female: 78.56 years (2007 est.).
Total fertility rate: 2.39 children born/woman (2007 est.).
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: 0.3% (2003 est.).
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: 160,000 (2003 est.).
HIV/AIDS - deaths: 5,000 (2003 est.).
Nationality: noun: Mexican(s)
adjective: Mexican.
Ethnic groups: mestizo (Amerindian-Spanish) 60%, Amerindian or predominantly Amerindian 30%, white 9%, other 1%.
Religions: Roman Catholic 76.5%, Protestant 6.3% (Pentecostal 1.4%, Jehovah's Witnesses 1.1%, other 3.8%), other 0.3%, unspecified 13.8%, none 3.1% (2000 census).
Languages: Spanish, various Mayan, Nahuatl, and other regional indigenous languages.
Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 91%
male: 92.4%
female: 89.6% (2004 est.).
GDP (purchasing power parity): $1.149 trillion (2006 est.).
GDP - real growth rate: 4.8% (2006 est.).
GDP - per capita (PPP): $10,700 (2006 est.).
GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 3.9%
industry: 25.7%
services: 70.5% (2006 est.).
Labor force: 38.09 million (2006 est.).
Labor force - by occupation: agriculture: 18%
industry: 24%
services: 58% (2003).
Population below poverty line: 40% (2003 est.).
Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: 1.6%
highest 10%: 35.6% (2002).
Inflation rate (consumer prices): 3.4% (2006 est.).
Unemployment rate: 3.2% plus underemployment of perhaps 25% (2006 est.).
Budget: revenues: $196.5 billion
expenditures: $196.2 billion; including capital expenditures of $NA (2006 est.).
Agriculture - products: corn, wheat, soybeans, rice, beans, cotton, coffee, fruit, tomatoes; beef, poultry, dairy products; wood products.
Industries: food and beverages, tobacco, chemicals, iron and steel, petroleum, mining, textiles, clothing, motor vehicles, consumer durables, tourism.
Industrial production growth rate: 3.6% (2006 est.).
Electricity - production: 242.4 billion kWh (2004).
Electricity - consumption: 224.6 billion kWh (2004).
Electricity - exports: 1.203 billion kWh (2004).
Electricity - imports: 416 million kWh (2004).
Exports: $248.8 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.).
Exports - commodities: manufactured goods, oil and oil products, silver, fruits, vegetables, coffee, cotton.
Exports - partners: US 85.7%, Canada 2%, Spain 1.4% (2005).
Imports: $253.1 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.).
Imports - commodities: metalworking machines, steel mill products, agricultural machinery, electrical equipment, car parts for assembly, repair parts for motor vehicles, aircraft, and aircraft parts.
Imports - partners: US 53.4%, China 8%, Japan 5.9% (2005).
Debt - external: $178.3 billion (30 June 2006 est.).
Economic aid - recipient: $1.166 billion (1995).
Currency (code): Mexican peso (MXN).
Exchange rates: Mexican pesos per US dollar - 10.899 (2006), 10.898 (2005), 11.286 (2004), 10.789 (2003), 9.656 (2002).
Fiscal year: calendar year.
Statistics: C.I.A. World Factbook. Updated: July 20, 2007.
Press
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(Independent), Sinaloa
http://www.debate.com.mx/
El Día Latinamericano
(Liberal biweekly), Mexico City
El Diario de Monterrey
(Independent), Monterrey
(Conservative business), Mexico City
http://www.economista.com.mx/
(Independent, business-oriented), Mexico City
http://www.elfinanciero.com.mx/
El Financiero Internacional
(Business weekly), Mexico City
El Financiero International
(Business weekly, English version), Mexico City
Mexico in the News
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Newsstands on Mexico City streets brim with a variety of newspapers and newsmagazines, and, a study of what’s inside the pages reveals a wide range of viewpoints on controversial issues.
The two-day Summit of the Americas in Argentina, attended by President Bush earlier this month, ended without a clear agreement on when and how to resume talks on a free trade agreement between the countries of North, Central, and South America.
“In terms of press freedom, the small Caribbean state of Trinidad and Tobago (12th) is still the region’s top-ranked country. El Salvador (28th) — a still-fragile democracy after years of civil war — came in second, followed, as it was last year, by Costa Rica (41st), Bolivia (45th), Uruguay (46th) and Chile (50th).”
Chilean President Ricardo Lagos noted that countries in the region have yet to advance fully on integrating economic policies, while Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez used the occasion to urge members to pull back from United States-style free market policies.
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