Mexico

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PROFILE
  • Area: 1,964,375 sq. km (758,449 sq. mi.)
  • Population: 123,166,749 (2016 est.)
  • Population growth rate: 1.15% (2016 est.)
  • Life expectancy: 75.9 years (2016)
  • Languages: Spanish only 92.7%, Spanish and indigenous languages 5.7%
  • Religions: Roman Catholic 82.7%, Pentecostal 1.6%, Jehovah's Witnesses 1.4%, other Evangelical Churches 5%, other 1.9%, none 4.7%, unspecified 2.7%
  • Formal name: United Mexican States
  • Alternate names: Estados Unidos Mexicanos, Méjico, Mèssico, Mexican Republic, México, Mexiko, Mexique, República Mejicana, República Méjico, Republica Mexicana, United Mexican States
  • Government type: federal presidential republic
  • Leaders: chief of state and head of government: President Enrique PENA NIETO
  • Capital: Mexico City
  • Administrative divisions: 31 states and 1 capital city
  • GDP per capita (PPP): $17,500 (2015 est.)
  • Exports: manufactured goods, oil and oil products, silver, fruits, vegetables, coffee, cotton
  • Imports: metalworking machines, steel mill products, agricultural machinery, electrical equipment, automobile parts for assembly and repair, aircraft, aircraft parts
  • Currency: Mexican peso (MXN)
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