Head of state: Queen Elizabeth II, represented by a governor-general Prime minister: Danny Philip
Population
114,975,406
584,578
Life Expectancy
76.660 years
74.420 years
Capital City
Mexico (Distrito Federal)
Largest city
Mexico City (population: 11,285,700)
Honiara (population: 56,298)
Human Development Index
0.842
0.591
GDP per capita
$14,800 US
Literacy Rate
91%
%
Corruption Perception Index
3.6
2.9
Percentage of Women in Parliament
22.1%
0%
Wealthiest Citizens
Carlos Slim Helu & family ($35.0bn US)
NA
Unemployment Rate
5.200%
Death Penalty
Abolished
Abolished
Political System
federal republic
parliamentary democracy
Independence date
16 September 1810 (declared); 27 September 1821 (recognized by Spain)
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)
Church of Melanesia 32.8%, Roman Catholic 19%, South Seas Evangelical 17%, Seventh-Day Adventist 11.2%, United Church 10.3%, Christian Fellowship Church 2.4%, other Christian 4.4%, other 2.4%, unspecified 0.3%, none 0.2% (1999 census)
Languages
Spanish only 92.7%, Spanish and indigenous languages 5.7%, indigenous only 0.8%, unspecified 0.8%; note - indigenous languages include various Mayan, Nahuatl, and other regional languages (2005)
Melanesian pidgin in much of the country is lingua franca; English (official; but spoken by only 1%-2% of the population); 120 indigenous languages
Mexican pesos (MXN) per US dollar - 11.016 (2008 est.), 10.8 (2007), 10.899 (2006), 10.898 (2005), 11.286 (2004)
Military Budget as percentage of GDP
0.500%
Beijing Olympics Medal Count
3
0
Location
Middle America, bordering the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico, between Belize and the US and bordering the North Pacific Ocean, between Guatemala and the US
Oceania, group of islands in the South Pacific Ocean, east of Papua New Guinea
Area
1,964,375 km sq
28,896 km sq
Coastline
9,330 km
5,313 km
Climate
varies from tropical to desert
tropical monsoon; few extremes of temperature and weather
