Ecological Issues: Population

People Protesting at the Mexico City Sqaure

The region of Mexico City has always attracted people because it has always been the center of different nations. When the Aztecs decided to make it its hub, the Aztec power and people were centralized to the region. When the Spanish took over, the center of Spain in the Americas was Mexico City which attracted more people. Finally, under the Mexican state it has become an economical, social,  and political hub. Naturally the region has always held large numbers of people but never more as today with around 20,000,000 million people.

Population on the Rise over the years

To image the only 30,000 people inhabited the region at the start of the Independence of Mexico, so why so a large number now? Urbanization is the answer. With industry came business and people to run those businesses while delegates from other countries arrived as well since the region was also the central power of the government. Urbanization also meant that most of the people who relied on agriculture as their income moved to the city which yielded higher incomes for people. Density has also risen within the region for people want to live in the areas closer to the action and so high-rise buildings along with narrow spaces have allowed large amounts of people to live in smaller areas.

Although the population is growing, the graph above and below show us that the rate that Mexico City is gaining people has decreased over the last century. This decrease is do to Mexican government efforts to monitor growth in the nation and cities and to provide people necessary contraceptions for people who want them. (The data from these graphs was taken from the population census, INEGI)