Demographics of Mexico

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2024)
Date	15 Sep 2024

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As of 2024, the population of Mexico is projected at 130.86 million, compared to 129.74 million in 2023. It is the second-most populous country in North America and ranks 11th in the world. The population growth rate in 2024 is projected at 0.84 percent, the 117th highest among 237 countries and dependent territories.

There are 63.46 million males and 67.40 million females in Mexico. The percentage of the male population is 48.49%, compared to 51.51% of the female population. Mexico has 3.94 million more females than males, the 2nd highest in the world after Russia. The sex ratio in Mexico in 2024 will be 94.152 males per 100 females. Mexico is in the 48th position in terms of the female-to-male ratio.

Population
Growth
Gender

Mexico population
Year	Population			Growth (%)	M per 100 F
Year	Male	Female	Total	Growth (%)	M per 100 F
1950	13,735,724	13,852,215	27,587,939	2.58	99.159
1955	15,786,916	15,863,684	31,650,600	2.90	99.516
1960	18,363,482	18,361,133	36,724,615	3.05	100.013
1965	21,590,819	21,583,658	43,174,477	3.31	100.033
1970	25,402,751	25,412,201	50,814,953	3.13	99.963
1975	29,476,877	29,505,522	58,982,400	2.82	99.903
1980	33,597,506	33,702,829	67,300,334	2.44	99.687
1985	37,152,124	37,891,290	75,043,414	2.05	98.049
1990	40,708,293	42,111,876	82,820,170	1.94	96.667
1995	44,501,336	46,361,118	90,862,455	1.76	95.988
2000	48,159,842	50,465,710	98,625,552	1.51	95.431
2005	51,659,736	54,151,768	105,811,504	1.34	95.398
2010	55,513,195	58,110,700	113,623,895	1.42	95.530
2015	59,066,012	62,006,295	121,072,306	1.00	95.258
2020	61,635,476	65,163,579	126,799,054	0.70	94.586
2021	61,979,793	65,668,355	127,648,148	0.64	94.383
2022	62,401,721	66,211,396	128,613,117	0.87	94.246
2023	62,926,132	66,813,628	129,739,759	0.88	94.182
2024	63,459,580	67,401,427	130,861,007	0.84	94.152

Demographics Indicators
Year	Life expectancy	Median age	Fertility rate
1950	43.836	16.866	6.709
1955	49.598	16.050	6.730
1960	53.573	15.466	6.763
1965	56.688	15.134	6.819
1970	58.893	14.981	6.529
1975	61.883	15.074	5.739
1980	64.282	15.696	4.739
1985	66.775	17.219	4.087
1990	69.034	18.665	3.444
1995	70.703	20.297	3.044
2000	72.562	21.771	2.714
2005	73.627	23.361	2.495
2010	73.718	24.810	2.340
2015	74.431	26.258	2.137
2020	70.449	27.936	1.990
2021	69.750	28.216	1.970
2022	73.973	28.528	1.940
2023	75.069	28.886	1.910
2024	75.264	29.252	1.892

Life expectancy
Median age
Fertility rate

Mexico death and birth rate
Year	Total		Crude (per 1000)
Year	Death	Birth	Crude death	Crude birth
1950	596,770	1,358,501	21.632	49.243
1955	537,058	1,518,148	16.968	47.966
1960	513,889	1,720,841	13.993	46.858
1965	501,065	2,009,445	11.606	46.542
1970	508,813	2,262,194	10.013	44.518
1975	482,589	2,362,842	8.182	40.060
1980	464,120	2,357,249	6.896	35.026
1985	473,835	2,457,437	6.314	32.747
1990	510,110	2,436,563	6.159	29.420
1995	517,475	2,458,900	5.695	27.062
2000	540,563	2,385,977	5.481	24.192
2005	585,859	2,318,498	5.537	21.912
2010	651,365	2,310,124	5.733	20.331
2015	698,394	2,206,765	5.768	18.227
2020	1,068,736	2,100,438	8.429	16.565
2021	1,150,761	2,087,487	9.015	16.353
2022	838,628	2,063,075	6.521	16.041
2023	799,366	2,037,689	6.161	15.706
2024	813,827	2,023,623	6.219	15.464

Total
Crude

Urban and rural population of Mexico
Year	Population		Urban (%)
Year	Urban	Rural	Urban (%)
1950	11,948,646	16,063,915	42.655
1955	15,220,256	17,384,922	46.680
1960	19,374,402	18,799,710	50.753
1965	24,512,097	20,110,946	54.931
1970	30,708,514	21,321,347	59.021
1975	38,203,008	22,669,391	62.759
1980	46,013,540	23,347,331	66.339
1985	53,340,061	24,020,646	68.950
1990	60,961,783	24,396,091	71.419
1995	68,998,980	25,046,599	73.368
2000	76,007,411	25,712,262	74.722
2005	82,773,323	25,698,905	76.308
2010	91,292,115	26,026,826	77.815
2015	99,812,701	26,078,248	79.285
2020	108,074,410	25,795,617	80.731
2021	109,682,937	25,701,273	81.016
2022	111,274,113	25,594,922	81.300
2023	112,846,229	25,476,737	81.582
2024	114,397,383	25,346,868	81.862

Population
Urbanization

Mexico population by Age Group (2024)
Age group	Male	Female	Total		M per 100 F
Age group	Male	Female	Persons	Share (%)	M per 100 F
00-04	5,201,546	5,019,427	10,220,973	7.81	103.628
05-09	5,389,126	5,202,440	10,591,566	8.09	103.588
10-14	5,727,382	5,533,448	11,260,830	8.61	103.505
15-19	5,655,760	5,490,066	11,145,826	8.52	103.018
20-24	5,582,719	5,500,026	11,082,746	8.47	101.504
25-29	5,265,581	5,331,637	10,597,218	8.10	98.761
30-34	5,038,110	5,295,976	10,334,086	7.90	95.131
35-39	4,541,739	4,947,408	9,489,148	7.25	91.800
40-44	3,998,830	4,638,837	8,637,666	6.60	86.203
45-49	3,632,461	4,316,390	7,948,850	6.07	84.155
50-54	3,359,197	3,951,454	7,310,651	5.59	85.012
55-59	2,891,713	3,396,316	6,288,029	4.81	85.143
60-64	2,356,151	2,803,104	5,159,255	3.94	84.055
65-69	1,791,144	2,159,387	3,950,530	3.02	82.947
70-74	1,278,748	1,574,834	2,853,582	2.18	81.199
75-79	850,808	1,086,917	1,937,724	1.48	78.277
80-84	517,251	674,078	1,191,330	0.91	76.735
85-89	261,119	340,051	601,170	0.46	76.788
90-94	94,579	114,638	209,216	0.16	82.502
95-99	22,631	22,786	45,416	0.03	99.320
100+	2,987	2,206	5,193	0.00	135.403
Total	63,459,582	67,401,426	130,861,005		94.152

Population pyramid
Gender ratio