Digital 2021: Mexico

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You’ll find our complete #Digital2021 report for Mexico in the SlideShare embed above (click here if that’s not working for you).

This report contains all the latest internet stats, mobile stats, and social media stats for Mexico, but read on below for essential insights into digital use in Mexico in 2021.

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Mexico’s population

  • Mexico had a population of 129.6 million in January 2021.

  • Mexico’s population increased by 1.3 million (+1.0%) between January 2020 and January 2021.

  • 51.1% of Mexico’s population is female, while 48.9% of its population is male [note: the United Nations does not publish data for genders other than ‘female’ and ‘male’].

  • 80.9% of Mexico’s population lives in urban centres, while 19.1% lives in rural areas.

Internet users in Mexico

  • There were 92.01 million internet users in Mexico in January 2021.

  • The number of internet users in Mexico increased by 3.5 million (+4.0%) between 2020 and 2021.

  • Internet penetration in Mexico stood at 71.0% in January 2021.

Note: we no longer include data sourced from social media platforms in our internet user numbers, so the numbers shown above and in our complete Digital 2021 reports are not comparable with numbers published in our reports from previous years.

Social media statistics for Mexico

  • There were 100.0 million social media users in Mexico in January 2021.

  • The number of social media users in Mexico increased by 11 million (+12%) between 2020 and 2021.

  • The number of social media users in Mexico was equivalent to 77.2% of the total population in January 2021.

Note: Figures for social media users shown here and in our complete Digital 2021 reports may not equate to unique individuals. We have also included new sources in this year’s social media figures, so numbers shown here and in our Digital 2021 reports will not be comparable with numbers published in our previous reports.

Mobile connections in Mexico

  • There were 115.4 million mobile connections in Mexico in January 2021.

  • The number of mobile connections in Mexico decreased by 407 thousand (-0.4%) between January 2020 and January 2021.

  • The number of mobile connections in Mexico in January 2021 was equivalent to 89.1% of the total population.

Note: many people have more than one mobile connection, so figures for mobile connections may exceed 100% of the total population.

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Additional resources

Still need more data? Here are a few suggestions:

  • Click here to see all of our published reports for Mexico.

  • Explore all of our reports for countries across Central America.

  • Click here to browse our complete library of published reports.

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