Mexico: Reference Information -  General data
Official Name:	Estados Unidos Mexicanos
Capital:	Ciudad de México (20.0m)
Other Cities:	Guadalajara (2.9m)
	Monterrey (2.5m)
Area (km2):	1,972,550
Population (million):	99.6
Population density (per km2):	50.5
Population growth rate (%):	1.4
Life expectancy (1999, years)	72
Illiteracy rate (1997, %):	10.6
Language	Spanish and indigenous languages
Measures	Metric system
Time	6 hours behind GMT
International Growth Competitiveness Index	45 of 80
TI Corruption Perception Index	58 of 102
United Nations Human Development Index	55 of 175

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