 with a population of 119,713,203 as of 2014, mexico is the most populous spanish-speaking country in the world, the second-most populous country in latin america after portuguese-speaking brazil, and the second in north america, after the united states.statistics on the total population in mexico, international monetary fund. october 2012. retrieved june 25, 2013. throughout most of the twentieth century mexico's population was characterized by rapid growth. even though this tendency has been reversed and average annual population growth over the last five years was less than 1%, the demographic transition is still in progress, and mexico still has a large cohort of youths. the most populous city in the country is the capital, mexico city, with a population of 8.8 million (2010), and its metropolitan area is also the most populated with 20.1 million (2010). approximately 50% of the population lives in one of the 55 large metropolitan areas in the country. in total, about 78.84% of the population of the country lives in urban areas, meaning that only 21.16% live in rural areas. the census bureau in mexico is the instituto nacional de estadÃ­stica y geografÃ­a (inegi). 
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