Mexico:
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Population	108,700,891 (July 2007 est.)
Age structure	0-14 years: 30.1% (male 16,696,089/female 16,011,563) 15-64 years: 64% (male 33,624,812/female 35,925,372) 65 years and over: 5.9% (male 2,917,563/female 3,525,492) (2007 est.)
Median Age	total: 25.6 years male: 24.6 years female: 26.6 years (2007 est.)
Population growth rate	1.153% (2007 est.)
Birth rate	20.36 births/1,000 population (2007 est.)
Death rate	4.76 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.)
Net migration rate	-4.08 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.)
Sex ratio	at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.043 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 0.936 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.828 male(s)/female total population: 0.96 male(s)/female (2007 est.)
Infant mortality rate	total: 19.63 deaths/1,000 live births male: 21.54 deaths/1,000 live births female: 17.62 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.)
Life expectancy at birth	total population: 75.63 years male: 72.84 years female: 78.56 years (2007 est.)
Total fertility rate	2.39 children born/woman (2007 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate	0.3% (2003 est.)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	160,000 (2003 est.)
HIV/AIDS - deaths	5,000 (2003 est.)
Nationality	noun: Mexican(s) adjective: Mexican
Ethnic groups	mestizo (Amerindian-Spanish) 60%, Amerindian or predominantly Amerindian 30%, white 9%, other 1%
Religions	Roman Catholic 76.5%, Protestant 6.3% (Pentecostal 1.4%, Jehovah's Witnesses 1.1%, other 3.8%), other 0.3%, unspecified 13.8%, none 3.1% (2000 census)
Languages	Spanish, various Mayan, Nahuatl, and other regional indigenous languages
Literacy	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 91% male: 92.4% female: 89.6% (2004 est.)