The latest officially reported population of Mexico was 130,861,007 in 2024 vs 3,386,588 people in Uruguay in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Mexico's population is 132,790,957 people compared to 3,384,690 in Uruguay.
Population statistics:
- Mexico's population is 39.2 times bigger than Uruguay's.
- Mexico is ranked the 11th most populous country in the world, while Uruguay is the 133rd.
- The countries together account for 1.65% of the world: 1.61% for Mexico vs 0.04% for Uruguay.
- For the last 10 years, Mexico has had an average growth rate of +0.92% per year vs +0.11% in Uruguay.
- Since 2005, the population of Mexico has increased from 106M people to 133M (25.5% growth), while Uruguay has grown from 3.29M to 3.38M (3.01% growth).
- Mexico is projected to reach its peak in 2058 at 150M people, while Uruguay's population already peaked in 2020 at 3.4M people and is projected to decrease to 2.25M people by 2100.
Mexico vs Uruguay: live population counter
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| Current population |
132790957
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3384690
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| Population rank | 11/197 | 133/197 |
| Percent of world population | 1.61% | 0.04% |
| One net population change |
28.1 seconds
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5.87 hours
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| One birth every |
15.5 seconds
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15.7 minutes
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| One death every |
39.5 seconds
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15.9 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
5.03 minutes
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6.5 hours
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| Annual migration change | -104,581 | -1,348 |
| Daily growth/decline | +3,072 | -4 |
| Annual growth/decline | +1,121,248 | -1,493 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +0.86% | -0.04% |
| Population growth rate rank | 113/197 | 169/197 |
Mexico and Uruguay: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 36,724,615 | 2,529,957 | - | - |
| 1961 | 37,890,118 | 2,562,044 | 3.17% | 1.27% |
| 1962 | 39,129,200 | 2,593,298 | 3.27% | 1.22% |
| 1963 | 40,424,065 | 2,623,766 | 3.31% | 1.17% |
| 1964 | 41,772,049 | 2,653,180 | 3.33% | 1.12% |
| 1965 | 43,174,477 | 2,681,169 | 3.36% | 1.05% |
| 1966 | 44,629,106 | 2,707,646 | 3.37% | 0.99% |
| 1967 | 46,129,608 | 2,732,277 | 3.36% | 0.91% |
| 1968 | 47,668,303 | 2,754,606 | 3.34% | 0.82% |
| 1969 | 49,233,194 | 2,773,974 | 3.28% | 0.7% |
| 1970 | 50,814,953 | 2,790,807 | 3.21% | 0.61% |
| 1971 | 52,412,558 | 2,806,462 | 3.14% | 0.56% |
| 1972 | 54,030,168 | 2,821,644 | 3.09% | 0.54% |
| 1973 | 55,667,284 | 2,837,133 | 3.03% | 0.55% |
| 1974 | 57,320,149 | 2,853,944 | 2.97% | 0.59% |
| 1975 | 58,982,400 | 2,872,320 | 2.9% | 0.64% |
| 1976 | 60,645,512 | 2,891,392 | 2.82% | 0.66% |
| 1977 | 62,308,493 | 2,909,461 | 2.74% | 0.62% |
| 1978 | 63,979,046 | 2,925,715 | 2.68% | 0.56% |
| 1979 | 65,648,865 | 2,939,903 | 2.61% | 0.48% |
| 1980 | 67,300,334 | 2,951,953 | 2.52% | 0.41% |
| 1981 | 68,892,108 | 2,963,246 | 2.37% | 0.38% |
| 1982 | 70,433,260 | 2,975,492 | 2.24% | 0.41% |
| 1983 | 71,971,240 | 2,988,778 | 2.18% | 0.45% |
| 1984 | 73,506,846 | 3,002,488 | 2.13% | 0.46% |
| 1985 | 75,043,414 | 3,017,037 | 2.09% | 0.48% |
| 1986 | 76,585,637 | 3,032,845 | 2.06% | 0.52% |
| 1987 | 78,136,651 | 3,049,896 | 2.03% | 0.56% |
| 1988 | 79,695,531 | 3,067,961 | 2% | 0.59% |
| 1989 | 81,247,182 | 3,086,255 | 1.95% | 0.6% |
| 1990 | 82,820,170 | 3,104,403 | 1.94% | 0.59% |
| 1991 | 84,430,572 | 3,122,354 | 1.94% | 0.58% |
| 1992 | 86,044,809 | 3,139,702 | 1.91% | 0.56% |
| 1993 | 87,653,807 | 3,156,345 | 1.87% | 0.53% |
| 1994 | 89,259,205 | 3,172,834 | 1.83% | 0.52% |
| 1995 | 90,862,455 | 3,189,440 | 1.8% | 0.52% |
| 1996 | 92,452,702 | 3,206,324 | 1.75% | 0.53% |
| 1997 | 94,021,207 | 3,223,345 | 1.7% | 0.53% |
| 1998 | 95,575,245 | 3,239,280 | 1.65% | 0.49% |
| 1999 | 97,115,707 | 3,254,015 | 1.61% | 0.45% |
| 2000 | 98,625,552 | 3,266,206 | 1.55% | 0.37% |
| 2001 | 100,099,099 | 3,274,251 | 1.49% | 0.25% |
| 2002 | 101,548,624 | 3,278,867 | 1.45% | 0.14% |
| 2003 | 102,978,515 | 3,281,186 | 1.41% | 0.07% |
| 2004 | 104,394,131 | 3,283,148 | 1.37% | 0.06% |
| 2005 | 105,811,504 | 3,285,771 | 1.36% | 0.08% |
| 2006 | 107,253,666 | 3,289,506 | 1.36% | 0.11% |
| 2007 | 108,774,360 | 3,295,153 | 1.42% | 0.17% |
| 2008 | 110,374,288 | 3,302,177 | 1.47% | 0.21% |
| 2009 | 111,999,721 | 3,310,091 | 1.47% | 0.24% |
| 2010 | 113,623,895 | 3,318,580 | 1.45% | 0.26% |
| 2011 | 115,243,504 | 3,326,825 | 1.43% | 0.25% |
| 2012 | 116,818,208 | 3,335,401 | 1.37% | 0.26% |
| 2013 | 118,343,573 | 3,345,337 | 1.31% | 0.3% |
| 2014 | 119,784,261 | 3,356,334 | 1.22% | 0.33% |
| 2015 | 121,072,306 | 3,368,017 | 1.08% | 0.35% |
| 2016 | 122,251,351 | 3,379,283 | 0.97% | 0.33% |
| 2017 | 123,400,057 | 3,388,438 | 0.94% | 0.27% |
| 2018 | 124,573,711 | 3,394,534 | 0.95% | 0.18% |
| 2019 | 125,762,982 | 3,397,206 | 0.95% | 0.08% |
| 2020 | 126,799,054 | 3,398,968 | 0.82% | 0.05% |
| 2021 | 127,648,148 | 3,396,695 | 0.67% | -0.07% |
| 2022 | 128,613,117 | 3,390,913 | 0.76% | -0.17% |
| 2023 | 129,739,759 | 3,388,081 | 0.88% | -0.08% |
| 2024 | 130,861,007 | 3,386,588 | 0.86% | -0.04% |
| 2025 | 131,946,905 | 3,384,690 | 0.83% | -0.06% |
| 2026 | 132,997,664 | 3,382,543 | 0.8% | -0.06% |
| 2027 | 134,017,711 | 3,380,245 | 0.77% | -0.07% |
| 2028 | 135,008,697 | 3,377,893 | 0.74% | -0.07% |
| 2029 | 135,970,893 | 3,375,428 | 0.71% | -0.07% |
| 2030 | 136,904,747 | 3,372,892 | 0.69% | -0.08% |
| 2031 | 137,811,068 | 3,370,285 | 0.66% | -0.08% |
| 2032 | 138,690,189 | 3,367,544 | 0.64% | -0.08% |
| 2033 | 139,542,087 | 3,364,654 | 0.61% | -0.09% |
| 2034 | 140,362,026 | 3,361,591 | 0.59% | -0.09% |
| 2035 | 141,150,818 | 3,358,284 | 0.56% | -0.1% |
| 2036 | 141,909,168 | 3,354,682 | 0.54% | -0.11% |
| 2037 | 142,637,546 | 3,350,735 | 0.51% | -0.12% |
| 2038 | 143,336,222 | 3,346,431 | 0.49% | -0.13% |
| 2039 | 143,998,296 | 3,341,676 | 0.46% | -0.14% |
| 2040 | 144,624,328 | 3,336,469 | 0.43% | -0.16% |
| 2041 | 145,217,780 | 3,330,804 | 0.41% | -0.17% |
| 2042 | 145,777,459 | 3,324,643 | 0.39% | -0.18% |
| 2043 | 146,300,011 | 3,317,939 | 0.36% | -0.2% |
| 2044 | 146,787,722 | 3,310,611 | 0.33% | -0.22% |
| 2045 | 147,240,096 | 3,302,680 | 0.31% | -0.24% |
| 2046 | 147,654,160 | 3,294,196 | 0.28% | -0.26% |
| 2047 | 148,030,153 | 3,285,160 | 0.25% | -0.27% |
| 2048 | 148,372,233 | 3,275,507 | 0.23% | -0.29% |
| 2049 | 148,677,894 | 3,265,260 | 0.21% | -0.31% |
| 2050 | 148,946,272 | 3,254,361 | 0.18% | -0.33% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Mexico increased by 15,260,802 people (a 14.4% growth), while Uruguay gained 82,246 people (a 2.5% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Mexico gained 11,718,651 (a 9.68% growth), while Uruguay's population increased by 16,673 (a 0.5% growth).
Mexico was ranked 11th most populous country in 2005 and is still 11th in 2025. Uruguay was ranked 130th in 2005 and ranked 133rd 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 Uruguay will decrease by 3.85% to 3,254,361 people and rank change from 133rd to 138th.
Biggest cities by population
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| City | Population |
| Mexico | 9.21M |
| Tijuana | 1.96M |
| Ecatepec de Morelos | 1.93M |
| Leon | 1.58M |
| Zapopan | 1.48M |
| Guadalajara | 1.46M |
| Puebla | 1.43M |
| Ciudad Juarez | 1.32M |
| Monterrey | 1.14M |
| Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl | 1.07M |
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| City | Population |
| Montevideo | 1.3M |
| Salto | 125K |
| Ciudad de la Costa | 112K |
| Rivera | 103K |
| Maldonado | 86.8K |
| Paysandu | 76.4K |
| Tacuarembo | 54.8K |
| Melo | 51.8K |
| Mercedes | 42K |
| Artigas | 40.7K |
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Population differences between Mexico and Uruguay
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| Life expectancy | 75.4 years | 78.5 years |
| Average age | 32.7 years | 38.9 years |
| Median age | 30.3 years | 37.2 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 48.5:51.5 | 48.5:51.5 |
| Fertility rate | 1.91 births per woman | 1.41 births per woman |
| Population density | 174.4 ppl/mi² | 50.1 ppl/mi² |
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