_#_Terrain: high, rugged mountains, low coastal plains, high plateaus, and desert
_#_Natural resources: crude oil, silver, copper, gold, lead, zinc, natural gas, timber
_#_Land use: arable land 12%; permanent crops 1%; meadows and pastures 39%; forest and woodland 24%; other 24%; includes irrigated 3%
_#_Environment: subject to tsunamis along the Pacific coast and destructive earthquakes in the center and south; natural water resources scarce and polluted in north, inaccessible and poor quality in center and extreme southeast; deforestation; erosion widespread; desertification; serious air pollution in Mexico City and urban centers along US-Mexico border
_#_Note: strategic location on southern border of US
_*People #_Population: 90,007,304 (July 1991), growth rate 2.2% (1991)
_#_Birth rate: 29 births/1,000 population (1991)
_#_Death rate: 5 deaths/1,000 population (1991)
_#_Net migration rate: - 1 migrants/1,000 population (1991)
_#_Infant mortality rate: 29 deaths/1,000 live births (1991)