Americas · Central America
Capital: Mexico City
Mexico
Explore the facts and rankings that shape Mexico in Country Blitz, from its population and economy to its military, innovation, manufacturing, and neighboring countries.
Country Blitz power profile
Overall rank #14
Mexico's Country Blitz power profile compares population, GDP, military expenditure, research-and-development spending, and manufacturing output across every playable country. A lower numerical rank represents a stronger position in that category.
Population
131.9M
#11 of 196
95th percentile
2025 · World Bank WDI / UN population sources
View data source ↗GDP (Nominal)
$1.8T
#14 of 196
93rd percentile
2025 · World Bank WDI
View data source ↗Military Expenditure
$16.73B
#23 of 196
89th percentile
2024 · SIPRI via World Bank WDI
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$4.64B
#33 of 196
84th percentile
2024 · UNESCO UIS and World Bank WDI
View data source ↗Manufacturing Output
$366.08B
#8 of 196
96th percentile
2025 · World Bank WDI
View data source ↗Quick facts
- Capital
- Mexico City
- Region
- Americas
- Subregion
- Central America
- Country code
- MEX
- Neighbors
- BelizeGuatemalaUnited States
Three interesting facts
Mexico shares land borders with 3 countries: Belize, Guatemala, and United States.
Mexico spans roughly 1,964,375 square kilometers, placing it around 13th by area in this factbook.
Mexico’s position in Central America places it within a distinctive network of regional trade routes and migration paths.
Geography
Mexico on the map
Mexico is located in North America, bordering the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of America, between Belize and the United States and bordering the North Pacific Ocean, between Guatemala and the United States. Its terrain is high, rugged mountains, low coastal plains, high plateaus, desert. The climate varies from tropical to desert. In area, the country is slightly less than three times the size of Texas.
Economy
Economic profile
Mexico's economy is characterized by upper-middle-income economy, highly integrated with US via trade and nearshore manufacturing, weak domestic demand, fiscal consolidation, and trade uncertainty contributing to sluggish growth, low unemployment, challenges from income inequality, corruption, and cartel-based violence. Major industries include food and beverages, tobacco, chemicals, iron and steel, petroleum, mining, textiles, clothing, motor vehicles, consumer durables, tourism. Important agricultural products include sugarcane, maize, milk, oranges, sorghum, tomatoes, chicken, chillies/peppers, wheat, lemons/limes (2023). Notable exports include cars, vehicle parts/accessories, crude petroleum, trucks, computers (2023).
Demographics
People and population
Mexico has an estimated population of 130,575,786. Language and cultural traditions vary across Mexico. The population includes Mestizo (Indigenous-Spanish) 62%, predominantly Indigenous 21%, Indigenous 7%, other 10% (mostly European) (2012 est.). The urban population represents 81.6% of total population (2023).
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