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  • Population.....................................................................108,700,891 (July 2007 est.)
  • Population growth rate ..............................................................1.153% (July 2007 est.)
  • Birth rate....................................................20.36 births/1,000 population (July 2007 est.)
  • Death rate...................................................4.76 deaths/1,000 population (July 2007 est.)
  • Net migration rate...............................-4.08 migrant(s)/1,000 population (July 2007 est.)
  • Ethnic groups..........mestizo (Amerindian-Spanish) 60%, Amerindian or predominantly Amerindian 30%, white 9%, other 1%

Mexico: A Crucial Crossroads
Francisco Alba of El Colegio de México updates our country profile, addressing the "tense immobility" that has characterized US-Mexico migration discussions.

Mexico page on the World Migration Map

Migration and Development: Lessons from the Mexican Experience

Women Migrants in Transit and Detention in Mexico

Women Migrants in Transit and Detention in Mexico (in Spanish)

Mexico's Presidential Election: Implications for US Immigration Policy

America's Emigrants: US Retirement Migration to Mexico and Panama

Special Issue: US-Mexico Migration

•The Mexico Factor in US Immigration Reform

•From Traitors to Heroes: 100 Years of Mexican Migration Policies

•Mexico-United States Migration: A Long Way To Go

•US Temporary Worker Programs: Lessons Learned

•Mexican Immigration to the US: The Latest Estimates

•Mexican Immigrants in the US Labor Force

Mexico: Caught Between the United States and Central America

The Oaxaca-US Connection and Remittances

The Foreign Born from Mexico in the United States

Consular ID Cards: Mexico and Beyond

Converging Realities of the US-Mexico Relationship

The US-Mexico Border
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Other Resources

Mexican National Institute of Statistics, Geography, and Informatics
http://www.inegi.gob.mx/inegi/default.aspx

Consejo Nacional de Población (National Population Council) (in Spanish)
http://www.conapo.gob.mx

Federal Government – Migrant Information (in Spanish)
http://www.gob.mx/wb2/egobierno/Egob_Migrantes

National Institute of Migration (in Spanish)
http://www.inami.gob.mx/pagina_ingles/principal-ingles.asp

US Census Bureau International Data Base
http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/idb
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