Mexico Population

Population now

133,723,239
  • World: 10th
  • North America: 2nd
Male:65,421,297(48.92 %)
Female:68,301,942(51.08 %)
Births in 2024:1,531,642
Deaths in 2024:613,426

Life expectancy & Rates (2024)

Male:72.86 years
Female:78.38 years
Total:75.63 years
Median Age:29.54 years
Birth Rate:15.93
Death Rate:6.38
Growth Rate:1.50 %
Fertility Rate:2.00

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Mexico Population Review

Mexico is a North American country consisting of 31 states, plus the Federal District. With a rich history and culture, Mexico is the third largest country in Latin America and is home to over 128 million people. Officially called the Estados Unidos Mexicanos (United Mexican States), the country faces many of the typical challenges of a developing nation but still maintains its position as the chief economic and political force in Latin America.

The country is bordered by Guatemala on one end and the United States on the other and has long stretches of shoreline on both the Atlantic and North Pacific Ocean. A warm country, the climate is tropical with a rainy and a dry season. Its mountainous regions experience cooler temperatures and dryer climates, though most areas of Mexico receive about 40 inches of rain per year.

A divided society

Despite having the 15th largest GDP in the world, Mexico’s society is deeply divided when it comes to wealth. It is characterized by extremes of wealth and poverty with a sliver of a middle class. While 42% of Mexico’s population lives below the poverty line, with 9% living in extreme poverty, elite landowners and investors control most of the country’s wealth. For example, Carlos Slim—Mexico’s wealthiest man and the sixth richest person on earth—is worth almost 5% of the entire country’s GDP. The unevenly divided wealth is a complex issue influenced by economic and political agendas that favour the wealthy and leave millions behind.

A dangerous drug war

Mexican drug cartels have continued to expand their power since the fall of the Colombian drug cartels in the 1990s. They are now responsible for up to 90% of the cocaine entering the United States. The Mexican War on Drugs has created violent ongoing clashes between the Mexican Government, the drug cartels, and the United States government, which has resulted in many deaths for the Mexican people. While it’s difficult to accurately gauge, it’s estimated that around 127,000 Mexican people have died as a direct result of the drug war, with 27,000 more listed as missing.

A steady birth rate

While Mexico’s birth rate has decline significantly since the 1960s, it is still generous enough to replenish the population at its current level of 2.08. However, as the population ages and the country continues to urbanize, the birth rate is predicted to drop and the death rate to rise. Currently, the death rate is 6.15, but is predicted to rise to 8.63 by 2050, with the birth rate dropping from the current 17.01 to 11.31.

Rising life expectancy

As Mexico continues to develop, its life expectancy is rising as well. In the 1960s, the average person in Mexico only lived until around 57 years old. Since then, the life expectancy in the country has risen by almost 20 years to 75 years old. As is typical, women live a bit longer with an average of 77 years, while men live until about 72. There is also a large discrepancy between the life expectancy in different parts of the country, with Mexico City boasting the highest life expectancy and Guerrero having the lowest. While the life expectancy is still below that of most developed countries, Mexico’s life expectancy rate continues to rise and is predicted to hit 80 by 2050.

An expanding elderly population

The median age is Mexico is currently at around 21, but that’s set to rise. Adults over 60 years of age will almost triple to 23% by 2050. While most of Mexico’s aging population is independent and highly functional, an aging population will force the country to examine its health industry and the looming social and economic burden that an aging population places on on a country.

Review Updated: April 29, 2020

Mexico Population History

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YearTotalMaleFemaleSex RatioGrowth rateBirth rateDeath rateFerti­lity rate
Life exp., total
Life expectancy
Life exp., maleLife exp., femaleMedian AgeUrbani­zation
Density, people / km2
Density, people/km2
196038M19M19M12.68%45.1812.276.7757.0855.0959.1416.1850.75%19.15
196139M19M20M12.77%44.9211.926.7757.6755.6659.7516.0951.59%19.75
196240M20M20M12.85%44.7011.616.7758.1956.1760.2915.9952.43%20.38
196341M21M21M12.92%44.5211.356.7858.6656.6260.7715.8953.27%21.02
196443M21M21M12.99%44.3711.116.7859.0757.0261.1915.8254.10%21.68
196544M22M22M13.06%44.2310.906.7859.4557.3861.5915.7754.93%22.37
196646M23M23M13.12%44.1010.706.7859.8157.7261.9715.7255.76%23.08
196747M23M24M13.18%43.9310.506.7660.1758.0562.3615.6856.59%23.80
196848M24M24M13.25%43.7110.296.7360.5458.3962.7715.6657.41%24.55
196950M25M25M13.32%43.4210.066.6860.9358.7363.2115.6758.23%25.32
197051M26M26M13.39%43.039.806.6161.3659.1063.7115.6859.02%26.11
197153M26M27M13.47%42.529.526.5161.8359.4964.2715.6859.78%26.91
197255M27M27M13.54%41.909.236.3862.3359.8864.8715.7060.53%27.73
197356M28M28M13.62%41.188.926.2362.8560.2965.5115.7461.28%28.55
197458M29M29M13.70%40.388.606.0663.3860.7166.1815.8062.02%29.39
197560M30M30M13.76%39.498.295.8763.9261.1366.8515.8662.76%30.22
197661M31M31M13.83%38.567.985.6664.4761.5567.5315.9463.49%31.05
197763M31M31M13.89%37.597.685.4565.0161.9968.1916.0364.22%31.87
197864M32M32M13.95%36.637.405.2365.5462.4268.8316.1464.93%32.70
197966M33M33M14.00%35.697.145.0266.0662.8669.4216.2765.65%33.52
198068M34M34M14.04%34.816.904.8266.5563.3169.9716.4166.34%34.35
198169M35M35M0.994.08%34.006.694.6467.0363.7670.4816.6166.87%35.19
198271M35M36M0.994.12%33.266.504.4667.4964.2170.9416.8367.40%36.02
198373M36M37M0.994.15%32.596.334.3067.9464.6771.3717.0467.92%36.86
198474M37M37M0.984.18%31.996.184.1668.3865.1371.7717.2768.44%37.69
198576M38M38M0.984.20%31.436.044.0368.8165.6072.1517.5068.95%38.52
198678M38M39M0.984.24%30.915.903.9069.2366.0772.5017.7469.46%39.34
198779M39M40M0.984.26%30.405.783.7969.6566.5572.8517.9769.96%40.15
198881M40M41M0.984.27%29.895.673.6870.0667.0273.1818.1970.46%40.96
198982M41M42M0.984.29%29.355.553.5770.4767.4973.5118.4270.96%41.76
199084M42M42M0.984.28%28.805.453.4770.8767.9573.8318.6771.42%42.56
199186M42M43M0.984.28%28.245.353.3771.2568.3974.1518.9771.82%43.35
199287M43M44M0.974.26%27.685.263.2771.6168.7974.4619.3272.21%44.14
199389M44M45M0.974.25%27.135.173.1871.9569.1774.7619.6772.60%44.93
199490M44M46M0.974.22%26.605.103.1072.2869.5275.0519.9972.99%45.71
199592M45M47M0.974.19%26.105.033.0272.6069.8675.3520.2973.37%46.47
199693M46M47M0.974.15%25.614.972.9572.9370.2075.6620.6473.67%47.22
199795M46M48M0.974.12%25.154.912.8873.2770.5575.9820.9773.93%47.96
199896M47M49M0.974.10%24.704.842.8273.6370.9276.3221.3074.19%48.70
199997M48M50M0.974.07%24.274.792.7773.9971.3076.6621.6174.44%49.42
200099M49M50M0.964.03%23.854.742.7274.3471.6777.0021.9374.72%50.14
2001100M49M51M0.963.99%23.434.702.6774.6672.0077.3022.2975.05%50.85
2002102M50M52M0.963.91%23.014.692.6274.9272.2677.5622.6475.37%51.55
2003103M50M53M0.963.80%22.584.702.5875.1272.4577.7722.9875.68%52.26
2004105M51M53M0.963.68%22.164.732.5475.2472.5577.9123.3276.00%52.98
2005106M52M54M0.963.54%21.744.792.5075.3072.5878.0023.6676.31%53.74
2006108M53M55M0.963.38%21.344.872.4675.3072.5378.0423.9376.62%54.53
2007109M53M56M0.963.23%20.974.962.4275.2672.4578.0424.2476.92%55.34
2008111M54M57M0.963.08%20.645.062.3975.1972.3478.0324.5677.22%56.18
2009112M55M57M0.962.94%20.335.162.3675.1372.2378.0024.8777.52%57.01
2010114M56M58M0.962.80%20.045.272.3475.0772.1477.9825.1877.82%57.84
2011116M57M59M0.962.68%19.775.372.3275.0172.0677.9525.4878.11%58.65
2012117M57M60M0.962.56%19.495.472.2974.9772.0077.9225.7778.41%59.45
2013119M58M61M0.962.45%19.205.572.2774.9371.9677.8926.0578.70%60.24
2014120M59M61M0.962.33%18.895.672.2474.9171.9477.8626.3578.99%61.01
2015122M60M62M0.962.22%18.575.762.2274.9071.9577.8426.6779.29%61.78
2016123M60M63M0.962.12%18.255.852.1974.9271.9977.8326.9579.58%62.52
2017125M61M64M0.962.02%17.925.932.1674.9572.0577.8327.2479.87%63.26
2018126M62M64M0.961.93%17.606.012.1374.9972.1277.8427.5580.16%63.97
2019128M62M65M0.961.85%17.306.082.1075.0572.2077.8827.8680.44%64.68
2020129M63M66M0.961.77%17.016.152.0875.1372.3077.9328.1780.73%65.36
2021130M64M67M0.961.77%17.016.152.0875.1372.3077.9328.4981.02%66.04
2022132M64M67M0.961.77%17.016.152.0875.1372.3077.9328.8381.30%66.70
2023133M65M68M0.961.56%16.206.322.0275.5172.7278.2729.1881.58%67.34
2024134M66M68M0.961.50%15.936.382.0075.6372.8678.3829.5481.86%67.97

Mexico Population Projections

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YearTotalMaleFemaleSex RatioGrowth rateBirth rateDeath rateFerti­lity rate
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2025135M66M69M0.961.43%15.666.441.9875.7673.0078.4929.8982.14%68.58
2026136M67M70M0.961.38%15.426.481.9675.9873.2278.7030.2282.42%69.18
2027138M67M70M0.961.33%15.176.521.9476.2073.4478.9030.5582.69%69.76
2028139M68M71M0.961.28%14.936.561.9376.4173.6779.1130.9082.96%70.33
2029140M68M71M0.961.22%14.686.601.9176.6373.8979.3131.2583.23%70.88
2030141M69M72M0.961.17%14.446.641.8976.8574.1179.5231.6183.50%71.42
2031142M69M72M0.961.13%14.246.701.8877.0574.3379.7131.9583.77%71.94
2032143M70M73M0.961.07%14.036.771.8677.2674.5579.9032.3084.03%72.45
2033144M70M74M0.961.02%13.836.831.8577.4674.7680.1032.6484.29%72.95
2034145M71M74M0.960.97%13.626.901.8377.6774.9880.2932.9884.55%73.43
2035146M71M74M0.960.93%13.426.961.8277.8775.2080.4833.3484.80%73.89
2036147M72M75M0.960.87%13.257.071.8178.0275.3780.6133.6785.05%74.33
2037147M72M75M0.960.83%13.097.171.8078.1775.5480.7434.0185.30%74.76
2038148M73M76M0.960.77%12.927.281.8078.3275.7180.8634.3785.54%75.16
2039149M73M76M0.960.73%12.767.381.7978.4775.8880.9934.7285.78%75.55
2040150M73M76M0.960.68%12.597.491.7878.6276.0581.1235.0786.02%75.92
2041150M74M77M0.960.64%12.457.601.7778.7876.2381.2535.4086.25%76.27
2042151M74M77M0.960.60%12.317.711.7778.9376.4181.3835.7286.48%76.61
2043152M74M77M0.960.56%12.187.831.7679.0976.6081.5036.0586.71%76.93
2044152M75M78M0.960.52%12.047.941.7679.2476.7881.6336.3986.93%77.23
2045153M75M78M0.960.48%11.908.051.7579.4076.9681.7636.7387.15%77.51
2046153M75M78M0.960.44%11.788.171.7579.5577.1481.8837.0487.37%77.77
2047154M75M79M0.960.41%11.668.281.7479.7077.3282.0137.3687.59%78.02
2048154M76M79M0.960.38%11.558.401.7479.8577.4982.1337.6787.80%78.25
2049155M76M79M0.960.34%11.438.511.7380.0077.6782.2637.9988.00%78.46
2050155M76M79M0.960.31%11.318.631.7380.1577.8582.3838.3188.21%78.66

Highest City Populations in Mexico

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RankCityPopulation, Urban AreaPopulation, City
1Mexico City22,037,91512,294,193
2Guadalajara5,317,0251,495,182
3Monterrey5,014,0251,135,512
4Puebla3,280,8181,692,181
5Toluca de Lerdo2,560,683489,333
6Tijuana2,209,6541,300,983
7Leon de los Aldamas1,866,9091,238,962
8La Laguna1,714,11652,233
9Ciudad Juarez1,555,0431,321,004
10Queretaro1,381,9091,389,000
11San Luis Potosi1,248,611722,772
12Merida1,195,3271,201,000
13Mexicali1,154,3271,032,686
14Aguascalientes1,137,894722,250
15Cuernavaca1,102,462338,650
16Chihuahua1,090,327925,762
17Tampico1,027,745309,003
18Saltillo1,013,178709,671
19Acapulco de Juarez1,001,313673,479
20Cancun990,625628,306
21Morelia971,313743,275
22Veracruz939,313428,323
23Reynosa929,894589,466
24Villahermosa924,745353,577
25Hermosillo895,462715,061
26Tuxtla Gutierrez877,178537,102
27Culiacan868,178808,416
28Xalapa795,596424,755
29Oaxaca de Juarez722,880255,029
30Celaya696,447340,387
31Pachuca de Soto654,596256,584
32Durango650,880518,709
33Tlaxcala614,16484,670
34Matamoros576,73152,233
35Poza Rica de Hidalgo575,298185,242
36Tepic566,596332,863
37Puerto Vallarta540,029203,342
38Cuautla Morelos531,447154,358
39Orizaba485,298120,844
40Mazatlan467,731381,583
41Irapuato465,731380,941
42Nuevo Laredo458,014373,725
43Colima423,731146,965
44Minatitlan409,582112,046
45Coatzacoalcos404,298235,983
46Ciudad Obregon385,731298,625
47Zacatecas379,298129,011
48Ciudad Victoria372,298332,100
49Monclova369,582215,271
50Cordoba359,582140,896
51Tehuacan350,582248,716
52Ensenada345,298279,765
53Uruapan341,298264,439
54Los Mochis323,298256,613

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