Population in Mexico compared to the United States: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Mexico and the United States: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Mexico	United States	Mexico	United States
1900	-	76,094,000	-	-
1901	-	77,584,000	-	1.96%
1902	-	79,163,000	-	2.04%
1903	-	80,632,000	-	1.86%
1904	-	82,166,000	-	1.9%
1905	-	83,822,000	-	2.02%
1906	-	85,450,000	-	1.94%
1907	-	87,008,000	-	1.82%
1908	-	88,710,000	-	1.96%
1909	-	90,490,000	-	2.01%
1910	-	92,407,000	-	2.12%
1911	-	93,863,000	-	1.58%
1912	-	95,335,000	-	1.57%
1913	-	97,225,000	-	1.98%
1914	-	99,111,000	-	1.94%
1915	-	100,546,000	-	1.45%
1916	-	101,961,000	-	1.41%
1917	-	103,268,000	-	1.28%
1918	-	103,208,000	-	-0.06%
1919	-	104,514,000	-	1.27%
1920	-	106,461,000	-	1.86%
1921	-	108,538,000	-	1.95%
1922	-	110,049,000	-	1.39%
1923	-	111,947,000	-	1.72%
1924	-	114,109,000	-	1.93%
1925	-	115,829,000	-	1.51%
1926	-	117,397,000	-	1.35%
1927	-	119,035,000	-	1.4%
1928	-	120,509,000	-	1.24%
1929	-	121,767,000	-	1.04%
1930	-	123,076,741	-	1.08%
1931	-	124,039,648	-	0.78%
1932	-	124,840,471	-	0.65%
1933	-	125,578,763	-	0.59%
1934	-	126,373,773	-	0.63%
1935	-	127,250,232	-	0.69%
1936	-	128,053,180	-	0.63%
1937	-	128,824,829	-	0.6%
1938	-	129,824,939	-	0.78%
1939	-	130,879,718	-	0.81%
1940	-	132,122,446	-	0.95%
1941	-	133,402,471	-	0.97%
1942	-	134,859,553	-	1.09%
1943	-	136,739,353	-	1.39%
1944	-	138,397,345	-	1.21%
1945	-	139,928,165	-	1.11%
1946	-	141,388,566	-	1.04%
1947	-	144,126,071	-	1.94%
1948	-	146,631,302	-	1.74%
1949	-	149,188,130	-	1.74%
1950	-	152,271,417	-	2.07%
1951	-	154,877,889	-	1.71%
1952	-	157,552,740	-	1.73%
1953	-	160,184,192	-	1.67%
1954	-	163,025,854	-	1.77%
1955	-	165,931,202	-	1.78%
1956	-	168,903,031	-	1.79%
1957	-	171,984,130	-	1.82%
1958	-	174,881,904	-	1.68%
1959	-	177,829,628	-	1.69%
1960	36,724,615	180,671,158	-	1.6%
1961	37,890,118	183,691,481	3.17%	1.67%
1962	39,129,200	186,537,737	3.27%	1.55%
1963	40,424,065	189,241,798	3.31%	1.45%
1964	41,772,049	191,888,791	3.33%	1.4%
1965	43,174,477	194,302,963	3.36%	1.26%
1966	44,629,106	196,560,338	3.37%	1.16%
1967	46,129,608	198,712,056	3.36%	1.09%
1968	47,668,303	200,706,052	3.34%	1%
1969	49,233,194	202,676,946	3.28%	0.98%
1970	50,814,953	205,052,174	3.21%	1.17%
1971	52,412,558	207,660,677	3.14%	1.27%
1972	54,030,168	209,896,021	3.09%	1.08%
1973	55,667,284	211,908,788	3.03%	0.96%
1974	57,320,149	213,853,928	2.97%	0.92%
1975	58,982,400	215,973,199	2.9%	0.99%
1976	60,645,512	218,035,164	2.82%	0.95%
1977	62,308,493	220,239,425	2.74%	1.01%
1978	63,979,046	222,584,545	2.68%	1.06%
1979	65,648,865	225,055,487	2.61%	1.11%
1980	67,300,334	226,542,250	2.52%	0.66%
1981	68,892,108	229,465,744	2.37%	1.29%
1982	70,433,260	231,664,432	2.24%	0.96%
1983	71,971,240	233,792,014	2.18%	0.92%
1984	73,506,846	235,824,908	2.13%	0.87%
1985	75,043,414	237,923,734	2.09%	0.89%
1986	76,585,637	240,132,831	2.06%	0.93%
1987	78,136,651	242,288,936	2.03%	0.9%
1988	79,695,531	244,499,004	2%	0.91%
1989	81,247,182	246,819,222	1.95%	0.95%
1990	82,820,170	250,131,894	1.94%	1.34%
1991	84,430,572	253,492,503	1.94%	1.34%
1992	86,044,809	256,894,189	1.91%	1.34%
1993	87,653,807	260,255,352	1.87%	1.31%
1994	89,259,205	263,435,673	1.83%	1.22%
1995	90,862,455	266,557,091	1.8%	1.18%
1996	92,452,702	269,667,391	1.75%	1.17%
1997	94,021,207	272,911,760	1.7%	1.2%
1998	95,575,245	276,115,288	1.65%	1.17%
1999	97,115,707	279,294,713	1.61%	1.15%
2000	98,625,552	282,162,411	1.55%	1.03%
2001	100,099,099	284,968,955	1.49%	0.99%
2002	101,548,624	287,625,193	1.45%	0.93%
2003	102,978,515	290,107,933	1.41%	0.86%
2004	104,394,131	292,805,298	1.37%	0.93%
2005	105,811,504	295,516,599	1.36%	0.93%
2006	107,253,666	298,379,912	1.36%	0.97%
2007	108,774,360	301,231,207	1.42%	0.96%
2008	110,374,288	304,093,966	1.47%	0.95%
2009	111,999,721	306,771,529	1.47%	0.88%
2010	113,623,895	309,327,143	1.45%	0.83%
2011	115,243,504	311,583,481	1.43%	0.73%
2012	116,818,208	313,877,662	1.37%	0.74%
2013	118,343,573	316,059,947	1.31%	0.7%
2014	119,784,261	318,386,329	1.22%	0.74%
2015	121,072,306	320,738,994	1.08%	0.74%
2016	122,251,351	323,071,755	0.97%	0.73%
2017	123,400,057	325,122,128	0.94%	0.63%
2018	124,573,711	326,838,199	0.95%	0.53%
2019	125,762,982	328,329,953	0.95%	0.46%
2020	126,799,054	331,526,933	0.82%	0.97%
2021	127,648,148	331,893,745	0.67%	0.11%
2022	128,613,117	333,271,411	0.76%	0.42%
2023	129,739,759	334,914,895	0.88%	0.49%
2024	130,861,007	340,110,988	0.86%	1.55%
2025	131,946,905	341,931,772	0.83%	0.54%
2026	132,997,664	343,664,369	0.8%	0.51%
2027	134,017,711	345,331,185	0.77%	0.49%
2028	135,008,697	346,981,137	0.74%	0.48%
2029	135,970,893	348,601,982	0.71%	0.47%
2030	136,904,747	350,176,974	0.69%	0.45%
2031	137,811,068	351,725,612	0.66%	0.44%
2032	138,690,189	353,249,060	0.64%	0.43%
2033	139,542,087	354,749,644	0.61%	0.42%
2034	140,362,026	356,234,239	0.59%	0.42%
2035	141,150,818	357,694,316	0.56%	0.41%
2036	141,909,168	359,119,002	0.54%	0.4%
2037	142,637,546	360,517,853	0.51%	0.39%
2038	143,336,222	361,895,407	0.49%	0.38%
2039	143,998,296	363,229,908	0.46%	0.37%
2040	144,624,328	364,512,364	0.43%	0.35%
2041	145,217,780	365,753,139	0.41%	0.34%
2042	145,777,459	366,969,419	0.39%	0.33%
2043	146,300,011	368,146,925	0.36%	0.32%
2044	146,787,722	369,258,123	0.33%	0.3%
2045	147,240,096	370,318,770	0.31%	0.29%
2046	147,654,160	371,328,255	0.28%	0.27%
2047	148,030,153	372,299,116	0.25%	0.26%
2048	148,372,233	373,230,539	0.23%	0.25%
2049	148,677,894	374,119,803	0.21%	0.24%
2050	148,946,272	374,986,259	0.18%	0.23%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Mexico increased by 14,997,685 people (a 14% growth), while the United States gained 24,691,843 people (a 8.28% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Mexico gained 10,757,461 (a 8.8% growth), while the United States' population increased by 20,610,830 (a 6.38% growth).

Mexico was ranked 11th most populous country in 2006 and is still 11th in 2026. The United States was ranked 3rd in 2006 and still ranked 3rd now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Mexico's population will grow by 12% to 148,946,272 people with a rank change from 11th to 12th. The population of the United States will increase by 9.11% to 374,986,259 people and will still be ranked 3rd.