How many people live in Mexico right now?
Right now, according to UN estimates
133,319,742
| Today | In 2026 | |
|---|---|---|
| Births | · | · |
| Deaths | · | · |
| Net migration | · | · |
| Growth | · | · |
2026 figures
- Rank by population
- 11 of 237
- Share of world population
- 1.60%
- Median age
- 30.0 years
- Children per woman
- 1.85
- Life expectancy
- 75.6 years
- People per km²
- 68
According to UN estimates, about 133 million people live in Mexico right now. It ranks 11th out of 237 countries and territories by population, between Ethiopia and Japan, and it is home to one in every 62 people on the planet.
Every day, about 5,400 people are born there and about 2,300 die. More people leave than arrive: net migration reduces the population by about 110,000 people a year. Overall, the population grows by about 2,800 people a day (0.78% a year).
In 1950, about 27.6 million people lived there. Today there are 4.8 times as many. The UN expects it to peak around 2058, at about 150 million, and then begin to fall. By 2050 it is projected to have about 149 million people (12% more than today), and by 2100 about 130 million.
Half of its people are younger than 30 (worldwide, 31). Women have an average of 1.85 children each, below the 2.1 needed for each generation to replace the one before, and life expectancy at birth is 76 years (worldwide, 74). There are 68 people per square kilometer.
UN estimates up to today and projections (medium variant) from today onward.
Frequently asked questions
- What is the population of Mexico in 2026?
- Mexico has about 133 million people right now, according to the UN's World Population Prospects 2024. On July 1, 2026, there were 132,997,658.
- How many people are born each day in Mexico?
- About 5,400 a day (2.0 million a year). About 2,300 people die each day (844,000 a year).
- Is the population of Mexico growing?
- Yes: it grows by 0.78% a year, or about 1.0 million people.
- What will the population of Mexico be in 2050?
- According to the UN projection (medium variant), about 149 million, with a peak around 2058 at about 150 million.
- Why doesn't this figure match the country's official statistics?
- The UN estimates the population of every country with the same method, based on censuses, surveys and registers, and projects it year by year. Each national statistics office uses its own censuses and registers, which may be more up to date or count foreign residents differently. That is why the figures can differ slightly.
Countries with a similar population
- Bangladesh 178,484,005
- Russia 143,283,457
- Ethiopia 139,989,167
- Japan 122,207,156
- Egypt 120,651,337
- Philippines 118,018,711
More countries in the Americas
- United States 349,570,533
- Brazil 213,783,505
- Colombia 54,089,625
- Argentina 46,051,044
- Canada 40,567,031
- Peru 35,027,396
- Venezuela 28,673,179
- Chile 19,971,238
- Guatemala 19,055,559
- Ecuador 18,493,692
- Bolivia 12,801,705
- Haiti 12,078,605
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Where these figures come from
The figures are estimates from the United Nations Population Division, published in World Population Prospects 2024 (medium variant): the reference used by international organizations and by most population counters. The UN estimates how many people there are on July 1 of each year and how many are born, die and migrate; between one date and the next, this counter spreads the change continuously, second by second.
It is not a real-time headcount: nobody can count every person in a country at once. It is the best available estimate, and it may differ slightly from the figures of each country's statistics office, which use their own censuses and population registers.