Full name: Mexico
Nationality
noun: Mexican(s) adjective: Mexican
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Area total: 1,972,550 sq km land: 1,923,040 sq km water: 49,510 sq km
Population: 106,202,903 (July 2005 est.)
Ethnic groups: mestizo (Amerindian-Spanish) 60%, Amerindian or predominantly Amerindian 30%, white 9%, other 1%
Capital: Mexico (Distrito Federal), population – 8,600,000
Largest Cities:
Guadalajara – 1,650,000 Puebla – 1,350,000
Official Language: Spanish, various Mayan, Nahuatl, and other regional indigenous languages
Religion: nominally Roman Catholic 89%, Protestant 6%, other 5%
Political system: federal republic
GDP: purchasing power parity – $1.006 trillion (2004 est.)
GDP per head: purchasing power parity – $9,600 (2004 est.)
Annual growth: 4.1% (2004 est.)
GDP – composition by sector agriculture: 4% industry: 27.2% services: 68.9% (2004 est.)
Inflation: 5.4% (2004 est.)