Mexico People - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Population: 81,709,000 (July 1986), average annual growth rate 2.5%

Nationality: noun—Mexican(s), adjective— Mexican

Ethnic divisions: 60% mestizo (Indian-Spanish), 30% Amerindian or predominantly Amerindian, 9% white or predominantly white, 1% other

Religion: 91% nominally Roman Catholic, 3% Protestant

Language: Spanish

Infant mortality rate: 55.9/1,000 (1980)

Life expectancy 65.4

Literacy: 88 1%

Labor force: 24,000,000(1985); 31.4% services; 26% agriculture, forestry, hunting, fishing. 13.9% commerce; 12.8% manufacturing; 9.5% construction: 4.8% transportation; 1 3% mining and quarrying; 0.3% electricity; 10% unemployed, 40% underemployed

Organized labor: 35% of total labor force

NOTE: The information regarding Mexico on this page is re-published from the 1986 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Mexico 1986 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Mexico 1986 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.