section_path: Demographics
section_name: Demographics
paragraph_text: Demographics
  
  According to Mexico's National Geography and Statistics Institute, the country's estimated population in 2022 is 129,150,971. In 2017, Mexico had 123.5 million inhabitants. Since at least the 1970s, Mexico has been the most populous Spanish-speaking country in the world.
  
  Throughout the 19th century, the population of Mexico had barely doubled. This trend continued during the first two decades of the 20th century. In 1900, the Mexican population was 13.6 million. The 1921 census reported a loss of about 1 million inhabitants. The Mexican Revolution (c. 1910–1920) greatly impacted population increases. The growth rate increased dramatically between the 1930s and the 1980s when the country registered growth rates of over 3% (1950–1980). The Mexican population doubled in twenty years, and at that rate, it was expected that by 2000 there would be 120 million people living in Mexico. Mexico's population grew from 70 million in 1982 to 120 million in 2015.
  
  Life expectancy increased from 36 years (in 1895) to 72 years (in 2000)