Names |
ISO3-Code |
MEX |
Continent |
North America |
Country Name |
Mexico |
Administrative Classifications |
Level Used |
2.0 |
Leve1 Type |
Estado |
Level2 Type |
Municipio |
Number of Units |
2,414 |
Population Per Unit ('000) (2000, estimate) |
40 |
National Population Estimates |
Last Year of Reference |
2000 |
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1990 ('000) |
81,217 |
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1995 ('000) |
88,523 |
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 2000 ('000) |
97,385 |
UN Population, 1990 ('000) |
83,223 |
UN Population, 1995 ('000) |
91,138 |
UN Population, 2000 ('000) |
98,872 |
National Spatial Estimates |
Area (km2) |
1,943,018 |
Average Input Resolution (km) |
28 |
Settlement Points |
Number of Settlement Points |
786 |
Largest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) |
18,476,438 |
Smallest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) |
2,092 |
Mean Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) |
104,137 |
Urban Areal Extents |
Number of Urban Extents |
483 |
Largest Urban Extent (km2) |
4,427 |
Smallest Urban Extent (km2) |
1 |
Mean Urban Extent (km2) |
213 |
Total for All Urban Extent (km2) |
102,842 |
Largest Urban Extent (population, 2000) |
16,605,624 |
Smallest Urban Extent (population, 2000) |
1,108 |
Mean Urban Extent (population, 2000) |
126,646 |
Total for All Urban Extent (population, 2000) |
61,170,027 |
% Total Land Area in Urban Extents (km2) |
5% |
% Total Population in Urban Extents (2000, estimate) |
61% |
% Total Population that is Urban (2001, UN World Urbanization Prospects) |
75% |
Urban Areal Extents, by Source |
Nighttime Lights Data |
751 |
Regression-estimated Extents |
8 |
Digital Chart of the World |
0 |
Other |
0 |
Notes |
- Administrative Population Source Data:
- 1990 and 2000 municpio data downloaded from SIMBAD, 28 April 2004; Database: Base de Datos Municipal INEGI from http://www.inegi.gob.mx/inegi/default.asp .
- Administrative Boundary Source Data:
- Mapa Geoestadistico. Secretaria de Programacion y Presupuesto (S.P.P.). 1981. Escala 1:1000000 con informacion del X Censo de Poblacion y Vivienda de 1980. 4 hojas (pages): Norte, Centro, Noroeste y Sudeste. The Oaxaca internal boundaries from CIESIN''s Georeferenced Population Datasets of Mexico - GIS Coverage of Mexican Localities, http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/home-page/mexico.html
- Settlement Point Population Source Data:
- Celade, Latin American and Caribbean Demographic Centre (CELADE) - Population Division of Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean; City Population, www.citypopulation.de; INEGI, (blank); INEGI, ftp.ciesin.org/pub/data/Mexico/urb.time.mex; World Gazetteer, www.gazetteer.de
- Settlement Point Coordinate Source Data:
- Getty, INEGI, Map, NIMA, World Gazetteer
- Urban Criteria for Settlements (UN):
- Localities with 2,500 inhabitants or more.
- Administrative Population Edits and Notes:
- Based on the comparisons between the boundary data and INEGI''s interactive map (http://galileo.inegi.gob.mx/website/mexico/viewer.htm), recent boundary divisions were accomodated in the following attribution of population:
? In Aguascalientes, the populations of El Llano and San Francisco de los Romo are added to the municipio Aguascalientes.
? In Baja California, population of Playas de Rosarito added to Tijuana.
? In Baja California Sur, population of Loreto added to Comondu; population of Los Cabos added to La Paz.
? In Campeche, population of Calakmul added to Chamopoton; population of Candelaria added to Carmen; Escarcega, Carmen and Chamopoton are merged and assigned a single, total population value.
? In Chiapas, population of Aldama added to Chenalho; populations of Benemerito de las Americas and Marques de Comillas are added to Ocosingo; population of Maravilla Tenejapa added to Las Margaritas; population of Montecristo de Guerrero added to Angel Albino Corzo; population of San Andres Duraznal added to Simojovel; and population of Santiago el Pinar added to San Adres Larrainzal; population of Union Juarez added to Cacahoatan; population of San Juan Cancuc added to Sitalla.
? In Guerrero, population of Acatepec added to Zapotitlan Tablas.
? In Mexico, population of Valle de Chalco Solidaridad added to Ixtapaluca.
? In Quintna Roo, population Solidaridad added to Cozumel.
? In San Luis Potosi, population of Matlapa added to Tamazunchale; and population of El Naranjo added to Ciudad de Maiz.
? In Sonora, populations of San Ignacio Rio Muerto and Benito Juarez are added to Huatabampo.
? In Tlaxcala:
o population of Benito Juarez added to Sanctorum de Lazaro Cardenas;
o populations of Emiliano Zapata and Lazaro Cardenas added to Terrenate;
o populations of La Magdalena Tlaltelulco and San Francisco Tetlanohcan are added to Chiautempan;
o populations of San Jeronimo Zacualpan and San Juan Huactzinco added to Tetlatlahuca; population of San Jose Teacalco added to Cuaxomulco;
o population of San Lorenzo Axocomanitla added to Zacatelco;
o population of San Lucas Tecopilco added to Xalcotan;
o poulation of Santa Ana Nopalucan added to Ixtacuixtla de Mariano Matamoros;
o population of Santa Apolonia Teacalco added to Nativitas; populations of Santa Catarina Ayometla and Santa Cruz Quilehtla are added to Xicohtzingo;
o population of Santa Isabel Xiloxoxtla added to Tepeyanco; San Damian Texoloc, Panotla, Tetlahuca and Tlaxcala are merged and assigned a single, total population value.
? In Veracruz Llave, population of Carlos A. Carrillo added to Cosamaloapan; Tatahuicapan de Juarez, Soteapan, and Mecayapan are merged and asssigned a single, total population value; population of Tres Valles added to Tierra Blanca; Uxnapa, Las Choapas, Minatitilan and Hidalgotitlan are merged and assigned a single, total population; population of El Hidalgo added to Tempoal; population of Lerdo de Tejada added to Alvarado; population of Agua Dulce added to Coatzacoalcos; and population of Nanchital de Lazaro Cardenas del Rio added to Ixhuatlan del Ssureste.
? In Zacatecas, population of Trancoso are added to Guadalupe.
? In Chihuahua, population of Gomez Farias added to Temosachi.
? In Nayarit, population of Bahia de Banderas added to Compostella.
? In Sinaloa, population of Navolato added to Culiacan.
A 5% growth rate cap was applied to select units.
- Administrative Spatial Edits and Notes:
- The Estado of Oaxaca was taken from a different source and merged with the rest of the Mexico estados
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