Area (sq km): total: 1,972,550 sq km land: 1,923,040 sq km water: 49,510 sq km
Roadways (km): total: 356,945 km paved: 123,503 km (includes 6,144 km of expressways) unpaved: 233,442 km (2005)
Languages (%): Spanish only 92.7%, Spanish and indigenous languages 5.7%, indigenous only 0.8%, unspecified 0.8%; note - indigenous languages include various Mayan, Nahuatl, and other regional languages (2005)
Literacy (%): definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 91% male: 92.4% female: 89.6% (2004 est.)
Currency (code): Mexican peso (MXN)
GDP - per capita (PPP): $12,400 (2007 est.)
GDP - real growth rate (%): 3.2% (2007 est.)
Industries: food and beverages, tobacco, chemicals, iron and steel, petroleum, mining, textiles, clothing, motor vehicles, consumer durables, tourism
Internet users: 22.812 million (2007)


Source: CIA - The World Factbook