Mexico

United Mexican States

Latin America

Geography

Area: 1,958,201 sq km

Latin America’s third largest country. Wide range of topography and rainfall ranging from arid northern plateau, central volcanic plateau and the southern mountains and rain forests. Only 10% of the country is arable.

Population: 110,645,154    Annual Growth: 0.99%

Capital: Mexico City

Urbanites: 77.8%

HDI Rank: 53 of 182 (UN Human Development Reports 2009)

Official language: Spanish; the world’s largest Spanish-speaking nation    Languages: 297 All languages