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    Topics: Advocacy, Human Rights

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Mexicoat a Glance

Location
Middle America, bordering the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico, between Belize and the United States and bordering the North Pacific Ocean, between Guatemala and the United States

Population
106,202,903

Population Growth Rate
1.17%

Religions
nominally Roman Catholic 89%, Protestant 6%, other 5%

Languages
Spanish, various Mayan, Nahuatl, and other regional indigenous languages

Literacy
definition:  age 15 and over can read and write
total population:  92.2%
male: 94%
female:  90.5% (2003 est.)

Related Resources
CIA Fact Book - Mexico