Mexico
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Mexico

Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and to the east by the Gulf of Mexico. Source: Wikipedia

Area of Mexico 1,960,998.5 km²
Population 126.8 million
Population change from 1975 to 2015 +108.7%
Population change from 2000 to 2015 +23.6%

Map of Mexico

Population Over Time

Years 1975 to 2015
Data1975199020002015
Population 60,757,568 85,469,793 102,643,121 126,815,915
Population Density 31.0 / km² 43.6 / km² 52.3 / km² 64.7 / km²
Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Historical and Projected Population

Estimated Population from 1700 to 2100
YearEst. PopulationAvg 10 Year Growth %Avg 10 Year Growth
1700 3,975,054 n/a n/a
1800 7,314,641 6.3% 333,958
1900 13,601,261 6.4% 628,662
1910 15,167,152 11.5% 1,565,891
1920 14,370,615 -5.3% -796,537
1930 16,629,376 15.7% 2,258,761
1940 19,760,282 18.8% 3,130,906
1950 27,921,594 41.3% 8,161,312
1960 38,205,051 36.8% 10,283,457
1970 52,257,361 36.8% 14,052,310
1990 85,469,793 27.9% 16,606,216
2000 102,643,121 20.1% 17,173,328
2020 133,570,112 14.1% 15,463,495
2030 144,766,908 8.4% 11,196,796
2040 152,781,896 5.5% 8,014,988
2050 157,487,657 3.1% 4,705,761
2060 158,916,187 0.9% 1,428,530
2070 158,585,866 -0.2% -330,321
2080 157,281,281 -0.8% -1,304,585
2090 154,745,227 -1.6% -2,536,054
2100 151,663,329 -2% -3,081,898
Sources:
1. JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid
2. CIESIN (Center for International Earth Science Information Network)
3. [Link] Klein Goldewijk, K., Beusen, A., Doelman, J., and Stehfest, E.: Anthropogenic land use estimates for the Holocene – HYDE 3.2, Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 9, 927–953, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-9-927-2017, 2017.

Human Development Index (HDI)

Statistic composite index of life expectancy, education, and per capita income.
Sources: [Link] Kummu, M., Taka, M. & Guillaume, J. Gridded global datasets for Gross Domestic Product and Human Development Index over 1990–2015. Sci Data 5, 180004 (2018) doi:10.1038/sdata.2018.4

Top States in Mexico

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