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| Population: 113,724,226 (50 smaller islands in the Pacific Ocean, the Gulf of California, the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea) |
| Overseas Mexicans: 23,000,000 |
| Languages: Spanish (official); over 300 Amerindian languages in use including Nahuatl (2,531,000), Maya (740,000), Zapotec (457,000), Mixtec (404,000), |
| Mazahua (368,000), Totonac (274,000), Tzotzil (265,000), Otomi (252,000), Tzeltal (190,000), Mazatec (187,000), Purepecha (175,000), Chol (134,000), |
| Huastec (122,000), Me`phaa (121,000), Tarahumara (96,000), Mixe (88,000), Popoluca (60,000) |
| 19,425,000 land line telephones |
| 83,528,000 cellular phones |
| 31,020,000 internet users |
| Mexico has 42 volcanoes one-third of which are active. There have been important and recent eruptions at El Chichon, Popocatepetl, Paricutin, and Colima. |
| A major eruption in the future would impact Pacific air travel. |
| In addition a very seismically active area with earthquakes and tsunamis (mostly Pacific coast) and hurricanes (both coasts). |