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Mexico

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Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in North America. It is the northernmost country in Latin America, bordering the United States of America to the north and Guatemala and Belize to the southeast, while having maritime boundaries with the Pacific Ocean to the west, the Caribbean Sea to the southeast, and the Gulf of Mexico to the east. Mexico covers 1,972,550 km2, and is the thirteenth-largest country in the world by land area. With a population exceeding 134 million as of 2026, Mexico is the tenth-most populous country in the world and is home to the largest number of native Spanish speakers. Mexico City is the capital and largest city in Mexico, which ranks among the most populous metropolitan areas in the world.

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People are called
Mexican
Driving side
Right
Calling code
+52
Capital
Mexico City
Population
132,274,416
Area
1,964,375 km2
Climate
Tropical
Government
Federal presidential republic
Currency
Mexican peso
Languages
Spanish 99.2%, Indigenous languages 6%
Sells
cars, vehicle parts/accessories, crude petroleum, trucks
Sells to
USA 76%, Canada 5%, China 2%
Land borders
3: Belize, Guatemala, United States
Drives on the
right
Calling code
+52
Founded
1810
Hemisphere
Northern

WHAT PEOPLE ARE CALLED

Mexican

These are English demonyms for people from Mexico. A demonym describes a connection to a place; it does not mean everyone shares an ethnicity, language or religion.

Demonym source: mledoze/countries · Download the attributed dataset (ODbL)

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SAME LAND, DIFFERENT WORLDS

Civilizations, flags & standards

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Modern borders are a starting point for exploring the past. These cultures and states occupied some of the same land; they were not the same country. Dates describe each civilization or state as a whole, not continuous rule over every place listed.

No single national flag

Maya civilization

Preclassic c. 2000 BCE–250 CE; Classic c. 250–900 CE; later kingdoms continued

Southern Mexico, Guatemala, Belize and parts of Honduras and El Salvador; many separate polities, not one Maya empire. Maya peoples and cultures continue today.

Royal emblems and glyphs identified particular rulers and cities. No single flag represented this entire civilization.

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Banners and city emblems

Aztec Triple Alliance

1428–1521 CE

An alliance centered on Tenochtitlan, Texcoco and Tlacopan, with tributary territories across parts of central Mexico.

Military banners and city emblems existed. Mexico's modern national flag is not an Aztec flag.

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Turning points

A curated timeline is not available yet. Explore the country's history and the historical figures below.

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Religion: state & society

An official religion is a legal status. The largest religious group is a population measure. Neither describes every person's beliefs.

Official status and a dated affiliation breakdown have not been checked for this country. The atlas's religion tags are not a population ranking.

BEYOND THE MAP

Mexico in the study desk

Places and things the general-knowledge library connects to Mexico. Open one to follow its connections, then practise them with typed recall.

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Geography 5

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Where it is

Languages

Share of the population that speaks each. Click one to see every country that speaks it.

Spanishofficial
99.2%

Largest cities

Mexico City  capital 9,209,944
Tijuana 1,922,523
León 1,721,215
Puebla 1,692,181
Ecatepec de Morelos 1,645,352

Wars and conflicts

Conflicts this country is attached to. Click one to see the others. Each says what kind of claim it is: a principal belligerent is hand-checked against the modern state that succeeded the power that fought, while a recorded participant comes from the bulk import, which does not separate combat from funding, basing, occupation or reconstruction. Neither list is complete, so a country missing from a war may still have taken part — which is why the quiz no longer asks who fought in what.

Climate and geography

varies from tropical to desert

Climate zone

Highest point

Northern hemisphere.

Figures from its history

Benito Juarez
Benito Juarez Reformist president Benito Pablo Juárez García was a Mexican politician, military officer, and lawyer who served as the 26th president of Mexico from 1858 until his death in 1872.
Emiliano Zapata
Emiliano Zapata Revolutionary leader Emiliano Zapata Salazar was a Mexican revolutionary and guerrilla leader.
Frida Kahlo
Frida Kahlo Painter Magdalena Carmen Frida Kahlo y Calderón was a Mexican painter known for her many portraits, self-portraits, and works inspired by the nature and artifacts of Mexico.
Lazaro Cardenas
Lazaro Cardenas President who nationalised the oil Lázaro Cárdenas del Río was a Mexican revolutionary, army officer, and politician who served as the 51st president of Mexico from 1934 to 1940.

Checked facts

Most of this page is imported in bulk and carries no source of its own. These entries were checked by hand against the source named, and are reapplied after every dataset rebuild so a refetch cannot quietly put the old value back.

  • Leaders — President of Mexico: head of state and head of government are the same office.
    The import returned an empty leaders list for Mexico.
    Source · true as of 2024-10-01 · checked 2026-09-11

Corrected in an AI-assisted review of the imported data (2026-09-22), not yet checked against a named source: cities, currencies, famous, languages, wars.