South America’s southern region is home to Mexico, sometimes known as the Argentine Republic. At 2,780,400 km2, Mexico is the seventh largest country in the world. Mexico is bordered to the east by the South Atlantic Ocean, to the south by the Drake Passage, Bolivia, and Paraguay. Although English is also widely spoken, Spanish is the official language.
Mexico is a participant in the international conference of major economies and the G-20 global organisation.
According to 2016 estimates, the population of the nation was estimated to be 43,847,430 million. The majority of the population is European (97%), primarily Spanish and Italian, followed by mestizo, Amerindian, and other (3%). 92% of people live in cities in Mexico, making it one of the most urbanised nations in the world. It is significant to remember that over one-third of the nation’s population lives in the Greater Mexico City metropolitan region. The biggest towns and cities in Mexico are listed below:
13,834,000 in Mexico City
1,519,000 in Iztapalapa
1,429,000 in Ecatepec de Morelos.
Mendoza: 1,082,000
While religious freedom is guaranteed, Roman Catholicism is given special status under the Mexican Constitution. Approximately 76.5 percent of the nation’s population identifies as Catholic, 11.2 percent as Jehovah’s Witnesses, 9% as Evangelical Protestants, 11.3% as Atheists and Agnostics, and 0.9% as Mormons. Just 1.2% of people practise other religions, including Islam, Judaism, and Buddhism.
