Mexico

country in North America
Country sovereign_state Q96
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World Factbook

CIA reference data · 4 sections
Geography
Location
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
Climate
varies from tropical to desert
Terrain
high, rugged mountains; low coastal plains; high plateaus; desert
Natural resources
petroleum, silver, antimony, copper, gold, lead, zinc, natural gas, timber
People & Society
Religions
Catholic 77.7%, no religion 10.6%, other Evangelical Churches 7.5%, Jehovah Witness 1.2%; less than 1 percent: Pentecostal, Seventh Day Adventist, Historics, not specified, Latter Day Saints, other religions  (2020 est.)
Government
Government type
federal presidential republic
Independence
16 September 1810 (declared independence from Spain); 27 September 1821 (recognized by Spain)
National holiday
Independence Day, 16 September (1810)
Legal system
civil law system with US constitutional law influence; judicial review of legislative acts
Economy
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)
$2.883 trillion (2024 est.)
Real GDP per capita
$22,000 (2024 est.)
Real GDP growth rate
1.5% (2024 est.)
Inflation rate (consumer prices)
4.7% (2024 est.)
Unemployment rate
2.8% (2024 est.)
Exports - partners
USA 76%, Canada 5%, China 2%, Germany 2%, Spain 1% (2023)
Imports - partners
USA 46%, China 20%, Germany 4%, Japan 3%, S. Korea 3% (2023)
Source: CIA World Factbook · public domain (US gov work, 17 USC §105) · fetched 2026-05-06

Summary

Mexico is a sovereign state[1]. Mexico ranks in the top 9% of sovereign state entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (219,794 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Ethnic group: Mestizos in Mexico[3], indigenous peoples of Mexico[4], White Mexicans[5], Afro Mexicans[6]
  • Award received: Lagun Onari[7]
  • Religion or worldview: Catholicism[8], irreligion[9], Evangelicalism[10], Jehovah's Witnesses[11], Pentecostalism[12]
  • Country: Mexico[13]
  • Head of government: Claudia Sheinbaum[14]
  • Continent: North America[15]
  • Instance of: country[16], nation[17]
  • Head of state: Claudia Sheinbaum[18]
  • Capital: Mexico City[19]
  • Official language: Spanish[20], Nahuatl[21], Yucatec Maya[22]
  • Currency: peso[23]
  • Shares border with: Guatemala[24], Belize[25], United States[26]
  • Top-level Internet domain: .mx[27]
  • Anthem: Himno Nacional Mexicano[28], Toque de Bandera[29]
  • Main regulatory text: Political Constitution of Mexico[30]
  • Basic form of government: federal republic[31], democratic republic[32], constitutional republic[33], presidential system[34]
  • Contains the administrative territorial entity: Mexico City[35], Aguascalientes[36], Baja California[37], Baja California Sur[38], Campeche[39], Chiapas[40], Chihuahua[41], Coahuila[42], Colima[43], Durango[44], Guanajuato[45], Guerrero[46], Hidalgo[47], Jalisco[48]
  • Flag: flag of Mexico[49]
  • Legislative body: Congress of the Union[50]

Body

Cultural Significance

Things named for Mexico include Gulf of Mexico[51], a gulf[52]; United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement[53], a trade agreement[54]; Mexicans[55], a human population[56]; Mexican filter[57], a photographic filter[58]; MIKTA[59], a geopolitical group[60]; Mexikoplatz[61], a square[62], in Austria[63]; Mexican pink[64], a color[65]; and Black Knights' Tango[66].

Why It Matters

Mexico has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[67] Mexico is known by 80 alternative names across languages and contexts.[68]

Entities named for Mexico include Gulf of Mexico[51], a gulf[52]; United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement[53], a trade agreement[54]; Mexicans[55], a human population[56]; Mexican filter[57], a photographic filter[58]; MIKTA[59], a geopolitical group[60]; and Mexikoplatz[61], a square[62], in Austria[63].

FAQs

What awards did Mexico receive?

Honors received include Lagun Onari[7].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [14] ↑ . Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . The World Factbook. Retrieved . unstats.un.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [16] ↑ . Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [17] ↑ . embamex.sre.gob.mx. embamex.sre.gob.mx. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [18] ↑ . Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [19] ↑ . The World Factbook. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [20] ↑ . Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  11. [23] ↑ . Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [24] ↑ . The World Factbook. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [25] ↑ . The World Factbook. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [26] ↑ . The World Factbook. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [27] ↑ . The World Factbook. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [28] ↑ . The World Factbook. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [30] ↑ . The World Factbook. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [31] ↑ . The World Factbook. Retrieved . archivos.juridicas.unam.mx. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [32] ↑ . scielo.org.mx. scielo.org.mx. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [33] ↑ . scielo.org.mx. scielo.org.mx. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [34] ↑ . The World Factbook. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [8] ↑ . The World Factbook. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [9] ↑ . The World Factbook. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [10] ↑ . The World Factbook. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [11] ↑ . The World Factbook. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  27. [12] ↑ . Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  28. [35] ↑ . The World Factbook. Retrieved . gob.mx. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [36] ↑ . The World Factbook. Retrieved . gob.mx. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [37] ↑ . The World Factbook. Retrieved . gob.mx. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [38] ↑ . The World Factbook. Retrieved . gob.mx. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [39] ↑ . The World Factbook. Retrieved . gob.mx. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  33. [40] ↑ . The World Factbook. Retrieved . gob.mx. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  34. [41] ↑ . The World Factbook. Retrieved . gob.mx. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  35. [42] ↑ . The World Factbook. Retrieved . gob.mx. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  36. [43] ↑ . The World Factbook. Retrieved . gob.mx. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  37. [44] ↑ . The World Factbook. Retrieved . gob.mx. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  38. [45] ↑ . The World Factbook. Retrieved . gob.mx. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  39. [46] ↑ . The World Factbook. Retrieved . gob.mx. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  40. [47] ↑ . The World Factbook. Retrieved . gob.mx. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  41. [48] ↑ . The World Factbook. Retrieved . gob.mx. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  42. [49] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  43. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  44. [3] ↑ . The World Factbook. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  45. [4] ↑ . The World Factbook. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  46. [5] ↑ . Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  47. [6] ↑ . Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  48. [50] ↑ . The World Factbook. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [51] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [53] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [55] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [57] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [59] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [61] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [64] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [66] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [52] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [54] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [56] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [58] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [60] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [62] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [63] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [65] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [67] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [68] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 4d ago · Tomodachi94 · 2026-10-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Fandom article id → mexico:mexico_(country), apple:Mexico, you:Mexico +3
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Fandom article id: historica:Mexico, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/299921837|Mexico (#299921837)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8197|Historica Wiki a"
  2. 4d ago · Liber008 · 2026-10-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    British museum place id → x18075
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ British museum place id: x18075, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/328350434|Mexico (#328350434)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8589|British Museum place "
  3. 7d ago · Salgo60 · 2026-10-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14968 → Malolos
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14968: Q2180, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/291594|batch #291594]]"
  4. 7d ago · Profesorul Blazat · 2026-10-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Diplomatic relation → Italy, Brazil, Germany +94
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Diplomatic relation: Yugoslavia"
  5. 12d ago · MatSuBot bot · 2026-10-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ab', 'abstract', 'ace', 'ady', 'af', 'als', 'alt', 'am', 'ami', 'an', 'ang', '
    Sitelink count → 401
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||mag, isv */ import labels from sitelinks"
  6. 5w ago · ならちゃん · 2026-09-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Nhk one news topic id → E0000000422
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/54972|batch #54972]]"
  7. 5w ago · Vicarage · 2026-09-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Participant in → Pacific War, Group of Five, Economic Complementation Agreement No. 55
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Participant in: World War II, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1789560820491"
  8. 5w ago · Astirmays · 2026-09-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikikids id → Mexico
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Wikikids id: Mexico, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/312974378|Mexico (#312974378)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8336|WikiKids]] #mix'n'match"
  9. 8w ago · TTWIDEE · 2026-08-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Archive of our own tag → Mexico
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Archive of our own tag: Mexico"
  10. 13w ago · Kirilloparma · 2026-07-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14470 → Locations/Mexico
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ P14470: Locations/Mexico, Adding missing [[P:P14470|P14470]] and [[P:P9675|P9675]] qualifier based on [[P:P5247|P5247]]"
  11. 13w ago · Jberkel · 2026-07-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Pronunciation audio → Lb-Mexiko.ogg, LL-Q7913 (ron)-KlaudiuMihaila-Mexic.wav, Mexico 2022.wav +4
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Pronunciation audio: LL-Q652 (ita)-Francyskus-Messico.wav, Adding Italian pronunciation audio"
  12. 13w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority id → Kepler-11
    Bibliothèque nationale de france id → 11932500b
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Biblissima authority id: Q27012, Import ID Biblissima V3 ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/a6710164cdc|details]])"
  13. 15w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 9cqiU
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  14. 16w ago · Printstream · 2026-07-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14586 → 78571
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14586: 78571, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1782930762135"
  15. 16w ago · Spiral6800 · 2026-06-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Icannwiki page id → Mexico
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Icannwiki page id: Mexico, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/294326140|Mexico (#294326140)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8064|ICANNWiki]] #mix'n'match"
  16. 17w ago · Thomas Kerboul (BGE) · 2026-06-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Idref id → 026392577, 027239497
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|2 */ Idref id: 026392577"
  17. 18w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-06-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → mexico
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: mexico, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289948665|mexico (#289948665)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix'n'mat"
  18. 18w ago · EPorto (WMB) · 2026-06-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    On focus list of wikimedia project → Wikipedia:List of articles all languages should have, WikiProject Zika Corpus, Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ On focus list of wikimedia project: Information integrity on extreme weather events"
  19. 18w ago · EPorto (WMB) · 2026-06-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    On focus list of wikimedia project → Wikipedia:List of articles all languages should have, WikiProject Zika Corpus, Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/36747|batch #36747]]: Adding P5008"
  20. 18w ago · Magiciandude · 2026-06-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Eska.pl topic id → tg-yfZx-WooS-hcFk
    Maintained by wikiproject → WikiProject Mexico, WikiProject Latin America
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Maintained by wikiproject: WikiProject Latin America"
  21. 19w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0356532-Mexiko
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0356532-Mexiko, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259499|batch #259499]]"
  22. 24w ago · Quesotiotyo · 2026-05-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Dbnl country id → mexic01
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Dbnl country id: mexic01, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/257631|batch #257631]]"
  23. 24w ago · MarisDreshmanisBot bot · 2026-05-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Fandom article id → mexico:mexico_(country), apple:Mexico, you:Mexico +3
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||sc, iba, mn, fiu-vro, ie, be-x-old, hyw, cbk-zam, mrj, sah, ksh, bcl, av, kaj, mad, rn, mnw, mi, rm, atj, nov, guw, roa-tara, uz, kbp, tn, vep, tly, knc */ Ad"
  24. 25w ago · Mitte27 · 2026-05-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Short name → {'lang': 'ru', 'text': 'Мексика'}
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Short name: Мексика"
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