CAPITAL: Mexico City, pop. 9,191,295 (1979 est.)
LANGUAGE: Spanish (official), Indian dialects
POPULATION: Total- 79,000,000 (1985)
Annual growth: 2.6% (2,054,000) (1980- 85)
Doubling time: 28 yrs.
Urban: 70% (1985) (est. for year 2000: 77%)
Rural: 30%
AGE GROUPS: (1980)
19% less than 5 yrs.
46% less than 15
57% less than 20
27% from 20 to 39
12% from 40 to 59
5% 60 yrs. and over
ETHNIC GROUPS
Mestizo: 60%
Indian: 30% (56 different groups)
White: 9%
Black: 1%
FAMILY
Marital status, for population 10 yrs. and older: (1978)
Single: 29%
Married: 52%
Consensually married: 10%
Widowed: 7%
Separated: 2.3%
Divorced: 0.7%
Female head of household: no data
Fertility rate: 4.3 (1985)
Births out of wedlock: no data
Teenage births: 16% (1980)
Contraception: 48% (1984)
Government’s position on family planning: Views population as a fundamental aspect of development. Its official policy is to decrease population growth, chiefly by modifing fertility.
SOCIAL INDICATORS
Life expectancy: 66 yrs. (male: 64; female: 68) (1985)
Infant mortality: 50/1,000 births (1985)
Crude birth rate: 33/1,000 pop. (1985)
Crude death rate: 7/1,000
Health:
Access to health services: 45% (1980-83)
Births attended by trained health personnel: no data
HOUSING
Persons per household: 5.5 (1980)
Electricity: 25% without (1980)
Access to safe water: 74% (urban: 91 %; rural: 40%) (1983)
Source of water: (1980)
Piped inside: 50%
Piped outside: 16%
Other: 34%
Toilet facilities: (1980)
Flush: 45%
Other: 48%
None: 7%
Building materials: (1980)
Concrete: 74%
Adobe: 19%
Other: 7%
EDUCATION
Literacy: 83% (male: 92%; female: 80%) (1980)
Gross enrollment ratio: (1984)
First level: 116% (completing in 1980-84: 66%)
Second: 55%
Third: 15%
Educational attainment, for population 25 yrs. + : (1980)
None: 38%
First level: incomplete: 32% (complete: 17%)
Second: entered: 6%
Third: 5%
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
Economically active population: 33% (male: 48%; female: 18%) (1980)
Agriculture: 36% act. pop.; 7% of GDP
Mines: 8% act. pop.; 23% of GDP
Industry: 18% act. pop.; 15% of GDP
Services: 38% act. pop.; 55% of GDP
Per capita GNP: 2,080 U.S.$ (1985)
Population in absolute poverty: no data
National currency/per U.S.$: 256.87 pesos (1985)
Principal resources: Coffee, cotton, silver, petroleum
COMMUNICATIONS
Radio:
Transmitters: 872 (1983)
Receivers: 13,020,000- 173/1,000 pop. (1983)
Television:
Transmitters: 405 (1983)
Receivers: 8,100,000- 108/1,000 pop. (1983)