Population in Mexico compared to Spain: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Mexico and Spain: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Mexico	Spain	Mexico	Spain
1960	36,724,615	30,455,000	-	-
1961	37,890,118	30,739,250	3.17%	0.93%
1962	39,129,200	31,023,366	3.27%	0.92%
1963	40,424,065	31,296,651	3.31%	0.88%
1964	41,772,049	31,609,195	3.33%	1%
1965	43,174,477	31,954,292	3.36%	1.09%
1966	44,629,106	32,283,194	3.37%	1.03%
1967	46,129,608	32,682,947	3.36%	1.24%
1968	47,668,303	33,113,134	3.34%	1.32%
1969	49,233,194	33,441,054	3.28%	0.99%
1970	50,814,953	33,814,531	3.21%	1.12%
1971	52,412,558	34,224,490	3.14%	1.21%
1972	54,030,168	34,604,469	3.09%	1.11%
1973	55,667,284	34,988,947	3.03%	1.11%
1974	57,320,149	35,373,335	2.97%	1.1%
1975	58,982,400	35,757,900	2.9%	1.09%
1976	60,645,512	36,137,812	2.82%	1.06%
1977	62,308,493	36,511,638	2.74%	1.03%
1978	63,979,046	36,864,898	2.68%	0.97%
1979	65,648,865	37,191,330	2.61%	0.89%
1980	67,300,334	37,491,165	2.52%	0.81%
1981	68,892,108	37,758,631	2.37%	0.71%
1982	70,433,260	37,986,012	2.24%	0.6%
1983	71,971,240	38,171,525	2.18%	0.49%
1984	73,506,846	38,330,364	2.13%	0.42%
1985	75,043,414	38,469,512	2.09%	0.36%
1986	76,585,637	38,584,624	2.06%	0.3%
1987	78,136,651	38,684,815	2.03%	0.26%
1988	79,695,531	38,766,939	2%	0.21%
1989	81,247,182	38,827,764	1.95%	0.16%
1990	82,820,170	38,867,322	1.94%	0.1%
1991	84,430,572	38,966,376	1.94%	0.25%
1992	86,044,809	39,157,685	1.91%	0.49%
1993	87,653,807	39,361,262	1.87%	0.52%
1994	89,259,205	39,549,108	1.83%	0.48%
1995	90,862,455	39,724,050	1.8%	0.44%
1996	92,452,702	39,889,852	1.75%	0.42%
1997	94,021,207	40,057,389	1.7%	0.42%
1998	95,575,245	40,223,509	1.65%	0.41%
1999	97,115,707	40,386,875	1.61%	0.41%
2000	98,625,552	40,567,864	1.55%	0.45%
2001	100,099,099	40,850,412	1.49%	0.7%
2002	101,548,624	41,431,558	1.45%	1.42%
2003	102,978,515	42,187,645	1.41%	1.82%
2004	104,394,131	42,921,895	1.37%	1.74%
2005	105,811,504	43,653,155	1.36%	1.7%
2006	107,253,666	44,397,319	1.36%	1.7%
2007	108,774,360	45,226,803	1.42%	1.87%
2008	110,374,288	45,954,106	1.47%	1.61%
2009	111,999,721	46,362,946	1.47%	0.89%
2010	113,623,895	46,576,897	1.45%	0.46%
2011	115,243,504	46,742,697	1.43%	0.36%
2012	116,818,208	46,773,055	1.37%	0.06%
2013	118,343,573	46,604,197	1.31%	-0.36%
2014	119,784,261	46,460,733	1.22%	-0.31%
2015	121,072,306	46,422,303	1.08%	-0.08%
2016	122,251,351	46,458,139	0.97%	0.08%
2017	123,400,057	46,571,232	0.94%	0.24%
2018	124,573,711	46,782,011	0.95%	0.45%
2019	125,762,982	47,118,501	0.95%	0.72%
2020	126,799,054	47,359,424	0.82%	0.51%
2021	127,648,148	47,443,821	0.67%	0.18%
2022	128,613,117	47,786,102	0.76%	0.72%
2023	129,739,759	48,347,910	0.88%	1.18%
2024	130,861,007	48,807,137	0.86%	0.95%
2025	131,946,905	48,786,181	0.83%	-0.04%
2026	132,997,664	48,746,279	0.8%	-0.08%
2027	134,017,711	48,696,847	0.77%	-0.1%
2028	135,008,697	48,642,132	0.74%	-0.11%
2029	135,970,893	48,578,166	0.71%	-0.13%
2030	136,904,747	48,501,513	0.69%	-0.16%
2031	137,811,068	48,412,854	0.66%	-0.18%
2032	138,690,189	48,321,195	0.64%	-0.19%
2033	139,542,087	48,230,054	0.61%	-0.19%
2034	140,362,026	48,136,421	0.59%	-0.19%
2035	141,150,818	48,036,650	0.56%	-0.21%
2036	141,909,168	47,929,957	0.54%	-0.22%
2037	142,637,546	47,819,257	0.51%	-0.23%
2038	143,336,222	47,706,580	0.49%	-0.24%
2039	143,998,296	47,588,878	0.46%	-0.25%
2040	144,624,328	47,463,597	0.43%	-0.26%
2041	145,217,780	47,332,618	0.41%	-0.28%
2042	145,777,459	47,194,588	0.39%	-0.29%
2043	146,300,011	47,052,293	0.36%	-0.3%
2044	146,787,722	46,902,636	0.33%	-0.32%
2045	147,240,096	46,738,565	0.31%	-0.35%
2046	147,654,160	46,564,383	0.28%	-0.37%
2047	148,030,153	46,381,681	0.25%	-0.39%
2048	148,372,233	46,190,642	0.23%	-0.41%
2049	148,677,894	45,985,428	0.21%	-0.44%
2050	148,946,272	45,769,362	0.18%	-0.47%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Mexico increased by 15,260,802 people (a 14.4% growth), while Spain gained 2,769,148 people (a 6.34% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Mexico gained 11,718,651 (a 9.68% growth), while Spain's population increased by 2,363,878 (a 5.09% growth).

Mexico was ranked 11th most populous country in 2005 and is still 11th in 2025. Spain was ranked 28th in 2005 and ranked 32nd now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Mexico's population will grow by 12.2% to 148,946,272 people with a rank change from 11th to 12th. The population of Spain will decrease by 6.18% to 45,769,362 people and rank change from 32nd to 47th.