Size of Country: 1,972,550 sq km (slightly less than three times the size of Texas)
Capital City: Mexico City
Time Zone: GMT-6 to -8
Location: Middle America, bordering the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico, between Belize and the U.S. and bordering the North Pacific Ocean, between Guatemala and the U.S.
Climate: Varies from tropical to desert
Currency: Mexican peso
Language: Spanish, various Mayan, Nahuatl, and other regional indigenous languages
System of Government: Federal republic, led by President Felipe de Jesus Calderon Hinojosa
Telephone Country Code: 52
Electricity: 120 volts
National Holidays: Independence Day, Sept. 16
Religion: Roman Catholic (77%)
Life Expectancy at Birth: 76 years
Economy: Mexico has a free market economy that recently entered the trillion-dollar class. It contains a mixture of modern and outmoded industry and agriculture, increasingly dominated by the private sector. Recent administrations have expanded competition in seaports, railroads, telecommunications, electricity generation, natural gas distribution, and airports. Per capita income is one-fourth that of the U.S.; income distribution remains highly unequal. Trade with the U.S. and Canada has tripled since the implementation of NAFTA in 1994.
Exports: $248.8 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.)
Imports: $253.1 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.)
Gross Domestic Product (Purchasing Power Parity): $1.149 trillion (2006 est.)
Mexico Fact File
Mexico Fact File: General Information
Population: 108,700,891 (July 2007 est.)
Size of Country: 1,972,550 sq km (slightly less than three times the size of Texas)
Capital City: Mexico City
Time Zone: GMT-6 to -8
Location: Middle America, bordering the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico, between Belize and the U.S. and bordering the North Pacific Ocean, between Guatemala and the U.S.
Climate: Varies from tropical to desert
Currency: Mexican peso
Language: Spanish, various Mayan, Nahuatl, and other regional indigenous languages
System of Government: Federal republic, led by President Felipe de Jesus Calderon Hinojosa
Telephone Country Code: 52
Electricity: 120 volts
National Holidays: Independence Day, Sept. 16
Religion: Roman Catholic (77%)
Life Expectancy at Birth: 76 years
Economy: Mexico has a free market economy that recently entered the trillion-dollar class. It contains a mixture of modern and outmoded industry and agriculture, increasingly dominated by the private sector. Recent administrations have expanded competition in seaports, railroads, telecommunications, electricity generation, natural gas distribution, and airports. Per capita income is one-fourth that of the U.S.; income distribution remains highly unequal. Trade with the U.S. and Canada has tripled since the implementation of NAFTA in 1994.
Exports: $248.8 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.)
Imports: $253.1 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.)
Gross Domestic Product (Purchasing Power Parity): $1.149 trillion (2006 est.)
GDP per Capita: $10,700 (2006 est.)
Inflation Rate: 3.4% (2006 est.)
Source: CIA The World Factbook