Mexiko - Daten & Fakten
Länderstatistik
geographic coordinates: 19 26 N, 99 08 W
time difference: UTC-6 (1 hour behind Washington, DC, during Standard Time)
daylight saving time: +1hr, begins first Sunday in April; ends last Sunday in October
time zone note: Mexico has four time zones
etymology: named after the Mexica, the largest and most powerful branch of the Aztecs; the meaning of the name is uncertain
citizenship by descent only: yes
dual citizenship recognized: not specified
residency requirement for naturalization: 5 years
land: 1,943,945 sq km
water: 20,430 sq km
arable land: 11.8% (2018 est.)
permanent crops: 1.4% (2018 est.)
permanent pasture: 41.7% (2018 est.)
forest: 33.3% (2018 est.)
other: 11.8% (2018 est.)
15-64 years: 68.22% (male 43,086,673/female 45,518,891)
65 years and over: 8.02% (2023 est.) (male 4,560,225/female 5,856,393)
major-language sample(s):
La Libreta Informativa del Mundo, la fuente indispensable de información básica. (Spanish)
The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information.
male: 70.3 years
female: 76.8 years
male: 28.9 years
female: 32.3 years
rate of urbanization: 1.4% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
male: 15 years
female: 15 years (2020)
4.45% (2020 est.)
3.48% (2019 est.)
note: underemployment may be as high as 25%
56.8% of GDP (2016 est.)
3.4% (2020 est.)
3.64% (2019 est.)
$434.366 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars
$492.657 billion (2019 est.) note: data are in current year dollars
$411.458 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars
$495.391 billion (2019 est.) note: data are in current year dollars
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 17 (2020 est.)
percent of population: 76% (2021 est.)
standard gauge: 23,389 km (2017) 1.435-m gauge (27 km electrified)
paved: 175,526 km (2017) (includes 10,845 km of expressways)
unpaved: 529,358 km (2017)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 19 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 98 (2021 est.)
Mexico-Belize: Mexico and Belize are working to solve minor border demarcation discrepancies arising from inaccuracies in the 1898 border treaty
Mexico-Guatemala: Mexico must deal with thousands of impoverished Guatemalans and other Central Americans who cross the porous border looking for work in Mexico and the US
Mexico-US: the US has intensified security measures to monitor and control legal and illegal persons, transport, and commodities across its border with Mexico