Mexico ahead of Japan - Nations Wax and Wane

    Mexico, a country with a lot of poverty, which derives a lot of trade and wealth from its bigger neighbor to the north, has surpassed Japan in population to be among the top ten in the world. It has a growth rate of about 1.1 percent, while Japan is shrinking with -.27 percent. Mexico has about 128 million people in 2022, while Japan is closer to 127 million.

    Japan is considered wealthy, with a very robust economy and high standard of living. Mexico has millions of people who are deemed under the poverty line; the crime is rampant enough to scare away a lot of people from many of its otherwise attractive tourist destinations. Mexico has much unspeakable cartel and drug violence. Japan has a lot less crime and illicit drug problems. 

    Japan needs immigrants to bolster its labor needs, and Mexico continues to receive more immigrants from everywhere, many of whom wish to settle in the United States or Canada. Syria, Haiti, Venezuela, most of the Central American countries, now Ukraine, h

    As Russia goes now, losing troops at a bad rate in its combat in Ukraine, and people fleeing the country because of its insanity, and the economic repercussions, will be the next country to be surpassed by Mexico, but this will not happen for a while. Russia is around 149 million citizens with a slight growth rate of .09 percent. Although I am sure it is heavily in the negative this year, despite apparent kidnapping of Ukrainian children, and the capture of Ukrainian troops.

    I predict that Mexico will do better in the growth of wealth, and that it will hopefully tamp down on the drug competition and wanton violence.

    !Viva Mexico!