Mexico population
Mexico: 132 million people in 2025 (131,946,900), 11th of 217 countries and areas — and 149 million projected for 2050.
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Where it stands
In 2025 Mexico has 131,946,900 people, which is 1.61% of the 8.19 billion counted across the 217 countries and areas on this site. That puts it 11th by population, behind Ethiopia and ahead of Japan.
Since 1960
In 1960 the figure was 36,724,615. Since then the population has grown 3.59×, an average of 1.99% a year upward. It doubled at some point along the way — the year it first reached 73,449,230 was 1984.
The projection keeps rising to the end of the data: 148,946,274 in 2050, 12.9% above 2025. The highest figure on this page is that last one, so no peak has been reached yet.
The ranking in 2050
In 2050 the projected rank is 12th, down 1 place from 11th. Rankings move when other countries grow faster or slower, not only when Mexico changes.
People and land
Mexico covers 1,943,950 km² of land, so 2025 density is 68 people per km² — 138th most crowded of 216 places with an area figure. At that density a square 10 km on a side holds about 6,788 people.
The fertility rate was 1.89 births per woman in 2024, below the roughly 2.1 needed to keep a population steady without migration; life expectancy at birth was 75.3 years (2024); 24.1% of people were under 15 and 8.5% were 65 or older (2025); 80% of the population lived in cities. These shape the curve above: a young population keeps growing after fertility falls, an old one starts shrinking sooner.
Its nearest neighbours in the ranking are Ethiopia just above, with 135 million (1.03× as many), and Japan just below, with 123 million (1.07× as many as Japan has).
How the numbers are taken. Total population from the World Bank's population estimates and projections (built from United Nations and national statistics). Values to 2025 are estimates; 2026–2050 are projections that continue current fertility, mortality and migration trends. Sources and limits.