MEXICO

Conventional long form: United Mexican States

Local long form: Estados Unidos Mexicanos

Population: 113,724,226 (2011 estimate)

Median age: 27.1 years

Age structure: (2011 estimates)0–14 years: 28.2%15–64 years: 65.2%65 years and over: 6.6%

GDP per capita (PPP): $13,800 (2010 estimates in US dollars)

Suffrage: 18 years old; universal and compulsory (but not enforced)

Legal drinking age: 18 years old

Sales Note

If you want to start and run a business in Latin America, Mexico was the World Bank’s number one choice in its 2011 “Doing Business” report. (Singapore was ranked as the best country worldwide.) Mexico’s rating moved up six levels in one year due to their implemention of online options for business registrations and tax payments. ...

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