Mexico vs Peru Demographics: Median age, Gender, Race, Religion

Median age history and projection chart in
Mexico vs Peru

Table

Year	Median age
	Mexico	Peru
1960	16.6	18.2
1961	16.5	18.1
1962	16.4	18
1963	16.3	17.9
1964	16.3	17.9
1965	16.2	17.9
1966	16.2	17.9
1967	16.1	17.9
1968	16.1	17.9
1969	16.1	17.9
1970	16.1	17.9
1971	16	17.9
1972	16	18
1973	16.1	18
1974	16.1	18.1
1975	16.2	18.1
1976	16.2	18.2
1977	16.4	18.2
1978	16.5	18.3
1979	16.6	18.4
1980	16.8	18.5
1981	17.1	18.6
1982	17.4	18.7
1983	17.7	18.8
1984	18	18.9
1985	18.3	19.1
1986	18.6	19.2
1987	18.9	19.3
1988	19.2	19.5
1989	19.4	19.6
1990	19.7	19.8
1991	20	20
1992	20.4	20.2
1993	20.7	20.4
1994	21	20.7
1995	21.4	20.9
1996	21.7	21.2
1997	22	21.5
1998	22.2	21.8
1999	22.5	22.1
2000	22.8	22.5
2001	23.1	22.8
2002	23.5	23.2
2003	23.8	23.5
2004	24.1	23.9
2005	24.4	24.2
2006	24.7	24.6
2007	25	25
2008	25.3	25.4
2009	25.6	25.8
2010	25.8	26.3
2011	26.1	26.7
2012	26.4	27.1
2013	26.7	27.4
2014	27	27.8
2015	27.3	28.1
2016	27.6	28.4
2017	28	28.6
2018	28.3	28.9
2019	28.6	29.2
2020	29	29.5
2021	29.2	29.8
2022	29.5	30.1
2023	29.9	30.5
2024	30.3	30.8
2025	30.6	31.2
2026	31	31.5
2027	31.4	31.9
2028	31.7	32.3
2029	32.1	32.6
2030	32.5	33
2031	32.8	33.4
2032	33.2	33.7
2033	33.5	34.1
2034	33.9	34.4
2035	34.3	34.8
2036	34.7	35.1
2037	35	35.5
2038	35.4	35.8
2039	35.8	36.2
2040	36.1	36.5
2041	36.5	36.9
2042	36.9	37.2
2043	37.2	37.6
2044	37.6	38
2045	37.9	38.3
2046	38.3	38.7
2047	38.7	39
2048	39	39.4
2049	39.4	39.7
2050	39.7	40.1

In 1960, the median age in Mexico was 16.6 years compared to 18.2 years in Peru. As of 2024, the median age had increased to 30.3 years in Mexico and to 30.8 years in Peru.

According to United Nations projections, the median age in Mexico is expected to increased to around 39.7 years by 2050 compared to 40.1 years in Peru. The aging demographics forecast is based on previous years' birth rates and increasing life expectancy.

Demographic pyramid: age and gender distribution

Table

Age range	Share of population
	Mexico		Peru
	Male	Female	Male	Female
0-4	3.97%	3.84%	4%	3.85%
5-9	4.12%	3.98%	4.03%	3.89%
10-14	4.38%	4.23%	4.17%	4.03%
15-19	4.32%	4.2%	4.29%	4.17%
20-24	4.27%	4.2%	4.1%	4.06%
25-29	4.02%	4.07%	3.99%	4.09%
30-34	3.85%	4.05%	3.92%	4.07%
35-39	3.47%	3.78%	3.72%	3.81%
40-44	3.06%	3.54%	3.33%	3.39%
45-49	2.78%	3.3%	3.05%	3.05%
50-54	2.57%	3.02%	2.74%	2.7%
55-59	2.21%	2.6%	2.28%	2.27%
60-64	1.8%	2.14%	1.85%	1.92%
65-69	1.37%	1.65%	1.48%	1.59%
70-74	0.98%	1.2%	1.14%	1.28%
75-79	0.65%	0.83%	0.79%	0.92%
80+	0.69%	0.88%	0.86%	1.17%

The chart above is a variation of a population pyramid and represents a comparison of age and gender structure. Mexico has average demographic potential with 57.5% of people in the 0-34 age group compared to 56.7% and low potential in Peru.

Age dependency chart

Table

Year	Age dependency ratio
	Mexico			Peru
	Total	Young	Old	Total	Young	Old
1960	98.3%	92.8%	5.52%	91%	84%	7.01%
1961	98.9%	93.4%	5.44%	91.8%	84.7%	7.06%
1962	99.3%	93.9%	5.38%	92.4%	85.1%	7.22%
1963	99.6%	94.3%	5.35%	92.9%	85.4%	7.45%
1964	99.9%	94.6%	5.33%	93.2%	85.6%	7.66%
1965	100.3%	94.9%	5.33%	93.5%	85.6%	7.84%
1966	100.6%	95.3%	5.35%	93.6%	85.6%	7.98%
1967	100.9%	95.6%	5.38%	93.7%	85.6%	8.08%
1968	101.2%	95.8%	5.41%	93.7%	85.5%	8.14%
1969	101.5%	96.1%	5.43%	93.6%	85.4%	8.17%
1970	101.7%	96.3%	5.46%	93.3%	85.2%	8.18%
1971	101.9%	96.4%	5.48%	93.1%	84.9%	8.24%
1972	101.9%	96.4%	5.51%	93%	84.6%	8.4%
1973	101.8%	96.2%	5.54%	92.7%	84.3%	8.44%
1974	101.5%	95.9%	5.58%	92.3%	83.9%	8.39%
1975	101%	95.4%	5.62%	91.9%	83.5%	8.35%
1976	100.3%	94.6%	5.66%	91.3%	83%	8.31%
1977	99.3%	93.6%	5.69%	90.6%	82.4%	8.22%
1978	98.2%	92.5%	5.72%	89.8%	81.7%	8.08%
1979	96.8%	91%	5.75%	88.8%	80.9%	7.92%
1980	95.1%	89.4%	5.76%	87.7%	80%	7.7%
1981	93%	87.2%	5.84%	86.5%	79%	7.45%
1982	90.6%	84.6%	5.97%	85.2%	78%	7.22%
1983	88.4%	82.3%	6.11%	83.9%	76.8%	7.01%
1984	86.3%	80%	6.25%	82.5%	75.7%	6.82%
1985	84.3%	77.9%	6.4%	81.3%	74.6%	6.67%
1986	82.5%	76%	6.56%	80.1%	73.5%	6.54%
1987	80.8%	74%	6.74%	78.9%	72.5%	6.44%
1988	79.1%	72.2%	6.92%	77.7%	71.4%	6.36%
1989	77.6%	70.5%	7.1%	76.6%	70.3%	6.29%
1990	75.9%	68.7%	7.21%	75.4%	69.2%	6.24%
1991	74.1%	66.9%	7.24%	74.3%	68.1%	6.21%
1992	72.6%	65.3%	7.29%	73.2%	67%	6.19%
1993	71.3%	64%	7.35%	72.1%	65.9%	6.18%
1994	70.2%	62.8%	7.44%	71%	64.8%	6.25%
1995	69.3%	61.7%	7.55%	69.9%	63.5%	6.38%
1996	68.3%	60.7%	7.67%	68.8%	62.2%	6.51%
1997	67.4%	59.6%	7.8%	67.6%	61%	6.62%
1998	66.5%	58.6%	7.95%	66.3%	59.6%	6.72%
1999	65.7%	57.6%	8.11%	65.1%	58.3%	6.85%
2000	64.8%	56.6%	8.27%	64%	56.9%	7.06%
2001	64%	55.6%	8.43%	63%	55.6%	7.37%
2002	63.2%	54.6%	8.62%	62.1%	54.3%	7.76%
2003	62.4%	53.6%	8.8%	61.2%	53%	8.21%
2004	61.5%	52.6%	8.97%	60.5%	51.8%	8.67%
2005	60.6%	51.5%	9.12%	59.9%	50.8%	9.17%
2006	59.7%	50.4%	9.25%	59.4%	49.7%	9.7%
2007	58.7%	49.4%	9.33%	59%	48.7%	10.2%
2008	57.7%	48.3%	9.39%	58.5%	47.8%	10.7%
2009	56.8%	47.4%	9.44%	57.9%	46.9%	11%
2010	55.9%	46.4%	9.51%	57.4%	46.1%	11.3%
2011	55.2%	45.6%	9.6%	57%	45.3%	11.6%
2012	54.6%	44.9%	9.71%	56.6%	44.7%	11.9%
2013	54%	44.2%	9.85%	56.3%	44%	12.2%
2014	53.5%	43.5%	10%	55.9%	43.4%	12.5%
2015	53%	42.8%	10.2%	55.5%	42.8%	12.7%
2016	52.4%	42%	10.4%	55%	42.2%	12.9%
2017	51.8%	41.2%	10.6%	54.4%	41.5%	13%
2018	51.3%	40.5%	10.8%	53.6%	40.5%	13.1%
2019	50.8%	39.7%	11.1%	52.7%	39.6%	13.1%
2020	50.3%	39.1%	11.3%	52%	38.8%	13.3%
2021	49.8%	38.4%	11.4%	51.3%	38%	13.2%
2022	49.4%	37.8%	11.6%	50.5%	37.3%	13.3%
2023	49%	37.1%	11.9%	50%	36.5%	13.5%
2024	48.7%	36.4%	12.3%	49.7%	35.9%	13.8%

Age dependency is the ratio of people not in the labor force (children under 15 and adults 64+) to people aged 15 to 64.

Age dependency in Mexico decreased from 61.5% to 48.7% between 2004 and 2024.

In Peru, the ratio of dependent people decreased from 60.5% to 49.7% between 2004 and 2024 with a decreased share of young people and an increased proportion of people aged 65+.

Working age demographic

Table

Year	Working age population share
	Mexico	Peru
1960	50.4%	52.3%
1961	50.3%	52.1%
1962	50.2%	52%
1963	50.1%	51.9%
1964	50%	51.8%
1965	49.9%	51.7%
1966	49.8%	51.6%
1967	49.8%	51.6%
1968	49.7%	51.6%
1969	49.6%	51.7%
1970	49.6%	51.7%
1971	49.5%	51.8%
1972	49.5%	51.8%
1973	49.6%	51.9%
1974	49.6%	52%
1975	49.7%	52.1%
1976	49.9%	52.3%
1977	50.2%	52.5%
1978	50.5%	52.7%
1979	50.8%	53%
1980	51.2%	53.3%
1981	51.8%	53.6%
1982	52.5%	54%
1983	53.1%	54.4%
1984	53.7%	54.8%
1985	54.3%	55.2%
1986	54.8%	55.5%
1987	55.3%	55.9%
1988	55.8%	56.3%
1989	56.3%	56.6%
1990	56.9%	57%
1991	57.4%	57.4%
1992	57.9%	57.7%
1993	58.4%	58.1%
1994	58.7%	58.5%
1995	59.1%	58.9%
1996	59.4%	59.3%
1997	59.7%	59.7%
1998	60%	60.1%
1999	60.4%	60.6%
2000	60.7%	61%
2001	61%	61.4%
2002	61.3%	61.7%
2003	61.6%	62%
2004	61.9%	62.3%
2005	62.3%	62.5%
2006	62.6%	62.7%
2007	63%	62.9%
2008	63.4%	63.1%
2009	63.8%	63.3%
2010	64.1%	63.5%
2011	64.4%	63.7%
2012	64.7%	63.9%
2013	64.9%	64%
2014	65.1%	64.1%
2015	65.4%	64.3%
2016	65.6%	64.5%
2017	65.9%	64.8%
2018	66.1%	65.1%
2019	66.3%	65.5%
2020	66.5%	65.8%
2021	66.8%	66.1%
2022	66.9%	66.4%
2023	67.1%	66.6%
2024	67.2%	66.8%
2025	67.4%	66.9%
2026	67.5%	67%
2027	67.7%	67.1%
2028	67.8%	67.2%
2029	67.9%	67.2%
2030	67.9%	67.2%
2031	67.9%	67.2%
2032	67.9%	67.2%
2033	67.8%	67.1%
2034	67.7%	67.1%
2035	67.7%	67%
2036	67.6%	66.9%
2037	67.5%	66.8%
2038	67.3%	66.7%
2039	67.2%	66.6%
2040	67.1%	66.4%
2041	66.9%	66.3%
2042	66.8%	66.2%
2043	66.7%	66%
2044	66.5%	65.9%
2045	66.4%	65.7%
2046	66.2%	65.5%
2047	66.1%	65.4%
2048	65.9%	65.2%
2049	65.7%	64.9%
2050	65.6%	64.7%

Between 2004 and 2024, the share of working-age demographics aged 15-64 changed from 61.9% to 67.2% in Mexico and from 62.3% to 66.8% in Peru.

Share of young demographic (0-14 years old)

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Mexico	Peru
1960	46.8%	44%
1961	47%	44.2%
1962	47.1%	44.3%
1963	47.2%	44.3%
1964	47.3%	44.3%
1965	47.4%	44.3%
1966	47.5%	44.2%
1967	47.6%	44.2%
1968	47.6%	44.2%
1969	47.7%	44.1%
1970	47.7%	44%
1971	47.8%	43.9%
1972	47.7%	43.8%
1973	47.7%	43.7%
1974	47.6%	43.6%
1975	47.5%	43.5%
1976	47.2%	43.4%
1977	47%	43.2%
1978	46.7%	43%
1979	46.3%	42.8%
1980	45.8%	42.6%
1981	45.2%	42.4%
1982	44.4%	42.1%
1983	43.7%	41.8%
1984	43%	41.5%
1985	42.3%	41.2%
1986	41.6%	40.8%
1987	41%	40.5%
1988	40.3%	40.2%
1989	39.7%	39.8%
1990	39%	39.4%
1991	38.4%	39.1%
1992	37.8%	38.7%
1993	37.3%	38.3%
1994	36.9%	37.9%
1995	36.5%	37.4%
1996	36%	36.9%
1997	35.6%	36.4%
1998	35.2%	35.8%
1999	34.8%	35.3%
2000	34.3%	34.7%
2001	33.9%	34.1%
2002	33.4%	33.5%
2003	33%	32.9%
2004	32.5%	32.3%
2005	32.1%	31.7%
2006	31.6%	31.2%
2007	31.1%	30.7%
2008	30.6%	30.2%
2009	30.2%	29.7%
2010	29.8%	29.3%
2011	29.4%	28.9%
2012	29%	28.5%
2013	28.7%	28.2%
2014	28.3%	27.8%
2015	28%	27.5%
2016	27.6%	27.2%
2017	27.2%	26.8%
2018	26.7%	26.4%
2019	26.3%	25.9%
2020	26%	25.5%
2021	25.7%	25.1%
2022	25.3%	24.8%
2023	24.9%	24.4%
2024	24.5%	24%
2025	24.1%	23.6%
2026	23.7%	23.3%
2027	23.2%	22.9%
2028	22.8%	22.6%
2029	22.4%	22.3%
2030	22.1%	22.1%
2031	21.7%	21.8%
2032	21.4%	21.6%
2033	21.2%	21.3%
2034	20.9%	21%
2035	20.6%	20.8%
2036	20.3%	20.5%
2037	20.1%	20.3%
2038	19.9%	20.1%
2039	19.6%	19.8%
2040	19.4%	19.6%
2041	19.2%	19.4%
2042	19%	19.1%
2043	18.8%	18.9%
2044	18.6%	18.7%
2045	18.4%	18.5%
2046	18.2%	18.3%
2047	18%	18.1%
2048	17.8%	17.9%
2049	17.7%	17.8%
2050	17.5%	17.6%

The share of young people aged below 15 is 24.5% in Mexico and 24% in Peru. Birth rates in Mexico compared to Peru .

Share of old population (65+)

Table

Year	Share of population 65+ years old
	Mexico	Peru
1960	2.78%	3.67%
1961	2.73%	3.68%
1962	2.7%	3.75%
1963	2.68%	3.86%
1964	2.67%	3.97%
1965	2.66%	4.05%
1966	2.67%	4.12%
1967	2.68%	4.17%
1968	2.69%	4.2%
1969	2.7%	4.22%
1970	2.7%	4.23%
1971	2.71%	4.27%
1972	2.73%	4.35%
1973	2.75%	4.38%
1974	2.77%	4.36%
1975	2.8%	4.35%
1976	2.83%	4.34%
1977	2.86%	4.31%
1978	2.89%	4.26%
1979	2.92%	4.2%
1980	2.95%	4.1%
1981	3.02%	4%
1982	3.13%	3.9%
1983	3.24%	3.81%
1984	3.36%	3.74%
1985	3.47%	3.68%
1986	3.6%	3.63%
1987	3.73%	3.6%
1988	3.86%	3.58%
1989	4%	3.56%
1990	4.1%	3.56%
1991	4.16%	3.56%
1992	4.22%	3.57%
1993	4.29%	3.59%
1994	4.37%	3.65%
1995	4.46%	3.75%
1996	4.55%	3.86%
1997	4.66%	3.95%
1998	4.77%	4.04%
1999	4.89%	4.15%
2000	5.01%	4.31%
2001	5.14%	4.52%
2002	5.28%	4.79%
2003	5.42%	5.09%
2004	5.55%	5.4%
2005	5.68%	5.73%
2006	5.79%	6.09%
2007	5.88%	6.44%
2008	5.95%	6.74%
2009	6.02%	6.97%
2010	6.1%	7.19%
2011	6.18%	7.41%
2012	6.28%	7.61%
2013	6.39%	7.82%
2014	6.51%	8.02%
2015	6.65%	8.19%
2016	6.8%	8.3%
2017	6.97%	8.4%
2018	7.14%	8.5%
2019	7.33%	8.61%
2020	7.49%	8.72%
2021	7.59%	8.75%
2022	7.75%	8.81%
2023	7.99%	8.99%
2024	8.25%	9.23%
2025	8.52%	9.47%
2026	8.81%	9.71%
2027	9.1%	9.96%
2028	9.4%	10.2%
2029	9.72%	10.5%
2030	10%	10.7%
2031	10.4%	11%
2032	10.7%	11.3%
2033	11%	11.6%
2034	11.4%	11.9%
2035	11.7%	12.2%
2036	12.1%	12.5%
2037	12.4%	12.9%
2038	12.8%	13.2%
2039	13.2%	13.6%
2040	13.5%	14%
2041	13.9%	14.3%
2042	14.2%	14.7%
2043	14.5%	15%
2044	14.9%	15.4%
2045	15.2%	15.8%
2046	15.6%	16.1%
2047	15.9%	16.5%
2048	16.2%	16.9%
2049	16.6%	17.3%
2050	17%	17.7%

The share of older people aged 65 and over is 8.25% in Mexico and 9.23% in Peru. Life expectancy in Mexico compared to Peru .