Latin America & Caribbean
A life that begins in Mexico
One in every 66 babies in the world is born here: about 2,040,427 a year, 3.9 a minute.
- Population
- 131,946,900
- Births a year
- 2,040,427
- Life expectancy
- 75.2
- Children who die before 5 (per 1,000)
- 13.1
Health and survival
Life expectancy, women (years)
78
World: 75.9
Life expectancy, men (years)
72.4
World: 71
Babies who die before 1 (per 1,000)
12.1
World: 27.8
Children who die before 5 (per 1,000)
13.1
World: 37.6
Mothers who die in childbirth (per 100,000 births)
42
World: 189
Adults living with HIV (%)
0.5
World: 0.7
Adults who smoke (%)
16
World: 20
Alcohol per adult (litres a year)
4.8
World: 4.6
Road deaths (per 100,000)
12.8
World: 17
Homicides (per 100,000)
24.9
World: 4.7
Family and school
Children per woman
1.89
World: 2.85
Women married before 18 (%)
18
World: 18
Children in primary school (%)
95
World: 89
Secondary school enrolment (%)
100
World: 81
Higher education enrolment (%)
48
World: 48
Children aged 7–14 who work (%)
5.6
World: 11.9
Money and work
Income per person (PPP)
$21,912
World: $21,797
Income inequality (Gini, 0–100)
43
World: 34
Living on under $3 a day (%)
1.6
World: 9.9
Unemployment (%)
2.7
World: 5.1
Jobs in farming (%)
11
World: 27
Women in the workforce (%)
47
World: 48
Health costs paid out of pocket (%)
41
World: 37
Home and connection
Living in cities (%)
80
World: 58
Access to electricity (%)
100
World: 92
Safe drinking water (%)
100
World: 91
Internet users (%)
83
World: 72
Peace and wellbeing
Life satisfaction (0–10)
6.97
World: 5.4
Deaths in armed conflict (per 100,000 a year)
6.49
World: 2.43
Refugees abroad (% of population)
0.03
World: 0.34
From 1960 to 2050
How life here has changed, and where UN projections expect it to go. The dashed part is a projection.
1960: 53.6 → 2026: 74 → 2050: 79.8
World
1960: 155 → 2026: 12 → 2050: 6
World
1960: 6.8 → 2026: 1.9 → 2050: 1.7
World
1960: 51 → 2026: 80 → 2050: 90
World
Nobody chooses where they are born
In the game, the country is drawn by the real share of births: Mexico comes up about once in every 66 lives.
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Other countries in Latin America & Caribbean
All 178 countries →Sources: World Bank (WDI), UN World Population Prospects, Our World in Data, World Happiness Report, UCDP and PRIO. Updated 2026-10-18.