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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.