Accessibility to Large Markets
Internal Market and NAFTA Region
Mexico has a population over 100 million inhabitants, where 45.7 million are in productive age.
That is why Mexico’s internal market is attractive for businesses that establish in the country In 2008, Goldman Sachs ranked Mexico as the thirteenth largest
economy, and they estimate that by 2040 it will be one of the world’s largest economies.
On the other hand, the country’s geographical location and NAFTA constitute a great platform to
sell from Mexico to the world’s largest market (regional GDP of 17.02 billion dollars, as shown in
Table 4). It is estimated that by 2014, the region’s market will reach 20.74 billion dollars, that is,
25.6 of the world’s GDP