Mexico’s current population is 113 million people. 50 years ago in 1960 the population was only 38 million people and from then on the population of Mexico just kept increasing by 5-10 million each year. The population stayed the same for thousands of years but during recent centuries such as the 20th and 21st century, population has increased dramatically and the resources aren’t enough.
The highest age-group population is the young. 4.8 Of the men’s population are aged 0-4, and 4.6 percent of the female population is aged 0-4. 3.7 And 4.0 of men and women are aged 30-34. And around 0.8-0.9 of the population of men and women are aged 70-74. These statistics show us that there is are higher birth rates then death rates and that more people are young rather than old.
Mexico has close to 800,000 people leaving its country each year usually migrating legally or illegally to the United States, and it has fewer migrations into the country. The people leaving causes a brain drain with the country’s smart people looking to migrate elsewhere for a better life and a higher pay. With 113 people, Mexico is one of the most populated countries, ranking eleventh most populated country in the world. It is also the most populated Spanish-speaking country. As the country was a colony of Spain and gained independence during 1810, most of the people in the country speak Spanish.
In 1990, the population was around 80 million. In 2000, Mexico’s population was around 100 million. These ten years alone shows how fast the population of Mexico is increasing, and the population increases faster and faster. In 2000, the birth rate was estimated to be 23.15 per 1,000. This is about 4 times more than the death rate of 5.05 per 1,000. The annual growth rate is over 1.8 percent in 2000. From 1940 to 1970 the population increased by over 250 percent !
The currency in Mexico is the Peso. Its total GDP is $1.69 trillion, and per capita GDP is $15,113. Its population density is 142/sq mi which is the 142nd densest country. Its total area is 761,606 sq mile, and about 2.5% of the country is water.
Since Mexico has a high population, the government cannot take care of everybody. Mexico has an increasing crime-related violence. If you include the deaths of this violence along with the emigration figures, Mexico has lost 11% of its population since 2007. But on the bright side, people who migrate elsewhere send back money to the country which provides capital inflow.
Mexico’s overpopulation has lead to a competition for jobs. There aren’t enough sources of jobs in Mexico and people without jobs cannot support their families. Mexico’s unemployment rate is estimated to be 5.4% and the underemployment rate could be as high as 25%. The second negative effect of this overpopulation is the high level of pollution. Traffic jams are caused because people use cars to drive to their jobs at the same time. There is noise pollution and water and ground pollution as well as a lot to trash. There isn’t enough food and water and therefore there is a lot of hunger and thirst in the country. There aren’t enough schools and teachers therefore the education and literacy rate is quite low. Also, since there is a lack of hospitals and a lot of people to cure, people who need attention aren’t given it so there are a lot of diseases. It becomes a cycle because pollution causes diseases and diseases can’t be cured because of insufficient hospitals. We need to create a better environment and have a better quality of life. We must take good care and share natural resources even though we know they are scarce. If we continue to use up a lot of resources in so less time and continue to pollute, our sons and grandsons will have a problem.
Other issues concerning Mexico because of overpopulation are medicine and sanitation. It was very hard to control diseases such as the yellow fever.
Mexico must generate more jobs so the overpopulated people can work and support their families otherwise they will find other ways to get money by committing crime. The crime violence rate has increased over the years in Mexico and this issue must be tended to immediately.
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/mx.html
http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/mexico_statistics.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Mexico
http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/mexico_statistics.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Mexico
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