URBANIZATION, POVERTY, AND CHILDREN IN LATIN AMERICA
Mexico
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Total Population: 100,294,034 (July 1999 est.)
The World
FactBook, 1999. http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/bl.html
Urban Population: 71,730,000 (74.9%)
Inter-American
Development Bank, 2000. http://www.iabd.org/
Rural Population: 24,100,000 (25.1%)
Inter American
Development Bank, 2000.http://www.iabd.org/
Three Largest Cities:
Mexico City (Population: 15,047,685, 1990)
Guadalajara (Population: 2,846,000, 1990)
Monterrey (Population: 2,521,697, 1990)
Whitaker's Almanac 2000
Age Structure:
0-14 years: 35% of total population (male 17,987,500; female 17,289,875)
15-64 years: 61% of total population (male 29,610,813; female 31,216,342)
65 years and over: 4% total population (male 1,873,986; female 2,315,520)
The World Factbook, 1999. http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/bl.html
Other information:
-Population Growth: 1.73% (1999 est.)
-Population below Poverty Line: 27% (1998)
-Literacy: 15 and over can read or write (male 89.6%; female 87.4%) (1995)
-GDP Growth Rate: 4.8% (1998)
-Inflation Rate: 18.6% (1998)
The World Factbook, 1999 http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/hl.html
