Mexico Demographics and Cultures

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To understand the demographics and culture of Mexico you must first know where it is located and what is around it. "Mexico is located in Middle America, bordering the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico, between Belize and the US and bordering the North Pacific Ocean, between Guatemala and the US" (CIA World Fact book, 2008). The capital of Mexico is Mexico City. Other major cities include; Guadalajara, Monterrey, Puebla, Ciudad Juarez, Tijuana, Acapulco, Merida, Leon and Veracruz. The terrain is made up of lowlands, high plateaus, desert and mountains that are up to 18,000 feet. The land area is 761,606 square miles making Mexico just less than three times the size of Texas. The climate in Mexico varies from tropical to desert. This gives some idea of some of the Geography of the country of Mexico.

According to CIA World Fact book the population in Mexico is 109,955,400.

"The population 20 years ago was 83,500,000" (Collier's Encyclopedia Yearbook 1988, pg 582) and "The population 40 years ago was 47,463,130" (NationMaster.com, 2008). These figures show that the population growth has decreased dramatically over the last 20 years compared to the previous 20 year period. As of today the Population growth rate is 1.142%. This trend is as a result of a country emerging from a third world status to an industrialized nation. One of the major factors in determining population growth is the birth rate. This is also known as the crude birth rate and this is 20.04 for every 1000 people in the population. It also depends on the level of fertility and this is 2.37 children born per woman and the age structure and this is "0-14 years: 29.6% (male 16,619,995/female 15,936,154) 15-64 years: 64.3% (male 34,179,440/female 36,530,154) 65 years and over: 6.1% (male...