Polity · 1824 CE – 1865 CE
Federated Republic of Mexico
- Peak recorded area
- 3,187,760 km²
- 1825 CE
- Data series
- 54
- 1824 CE–1865 CE
Overview
The First Mexican Republic, known also as the First Federal Republic, existed from 1824 to 1835. It was a federated republic, established by the Constitution of 1824, the first constitution of independent Mexico, and officially designated the United Mexican States. It ended in 1835, when conservatives under Antonio López de Santa Anna transformed it into a unitary state, the Centralist Republic of Mexico.
Lead section from Wikipedia, reused under CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article.
Territory
15 dated territorial extents on record from Cliopatria. Areas are measured off the recorded polygons; the line steps because each extent holds until the next one is recorded — nothing is interpolated.
The record
The best-attested series in each category; where several projects publish the same quantity, the one with the most observations is shown. Each row is the most recent value the record holds at or before 1865 CE, shown with the year that value belongs to. Some statistical series also publish forward projections — the year column is the honest guide. Nothing on this page is interpolated or estimated by us.
People
6 of 24 series| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| Population35 obs · 1831 CE–1865 CE | 8.9Mpersons1865 CE · Correlates of War NMC v6.0 |
| Urban Population35 obs · 1831 CE–1865 CE | 214Kpersons1865 CE · Correlates of War NMC v6.0 |
| City Pop Mexico City14 obs · 1625 CE–1856 CE | 185Kpersons1856 CE · Chandler/Modelski Historical Urban Population |
| Height Men13 obs · 1740 CE–1860 CE | 162.9cm1860 CE · Clio-Infra |
| City Pop Puebla12 obs · 1636 CE–1857 CE | 65Kpersons1857 CE · Chandler/Modelski Historical Urban Population |
| City Pop Zacatecas9 obs · 1700 CE–1857 CE | 30.1Kpersons1857 CE · Chandler/Modelski Historical Urban Population |
Economy
6 of 10 series| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| GDP per capita222 obs · 1550 CE–1860 CE | 9212011 int'l $1860 CE · Maddison Project Database 2023 |
| GDP per capita PPP46 obs · 1820 CE–1865 CE | 1,350int'l $ (inflation adj.)1865 CE · Gapminder |
| Income Inequality Gini2 obs · 1820 CE–1850 CE | 31.62gini (0-1)1850 CE · Clio-Infra |
| Agriculture Intensity | 1ordinal1850 CE · D-PLACE Ethnographic Atlas (Murdock) |
| Subsistence Agriculture | 0ordinal1850 CE · D-PLACE Ethnographic Atlas (Murdock) |
| Subsistence Fishing | 1ordinal1850 CE · D-PLACE Ethnographic Atlas (Murdock) |
Military
6 of 8 series| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| CINC Score35 obs · 1831 CE–1865 CE | 0.0066CINC (share of world capability)1865 CE · Correlates of War NMC v6.0 |
| Energy Consumption35 obs · 1831 CE–1865 CE | 67Kcoal-ton equivalents1865 CE · Correlates of War NMC v6.0 |
| Iron Steel Production35 obs · 1831 CE–1865 CE | 0tons1865 CE · Correlates of War NMC v6.0 |
| Military Personnel35 obs · 1831 CE–1865 CE | 21Kpersons1865 CE · Correlates of War NMC v6.0 |
| Battle Count4 obs · 1839 CE–1851 CE | 1battles1851 CE · Historical Conflict Events Dataset (HCED v3) |
| Battle Scale Avg4 obs · 1839 CE–1851 CE | 1Lehmann-Zhukov 1-51851 CE · Historical Conflict Events Dataset (HCED v3) |
Governance
6 of 7 series| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| Electoral Democracy Index77 obs · 1789 CE–1865 CE | 0.15index (0-1)1865 CE · V-Dem v15 |
| Liberal Democracy Index77 obs · 1789 CE–1865 CE | 0.056index (0-1)1865 CE · V-Dem v15 |
| Participatory Democracy Index77 obs · 1789 CE–1865 CE | 0.116index (0-1)1865 CE · V-Dem v15 |
| Rule Of Law Index77 obs · 1789 CE–1865 CE | 0.269index (0-1)1865 CE · V-Dem v15 |
| Polity241 obs · 1822 CE–1865 CE | -3index (-10 to 10)1865 CE · Clio-Infra |
| Jurisdictional Hierarchy | 1ordinal1850 CE · D-PLACE Ethnographic Atlas (Murdock) |
Development
| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| Freedom Of Expression Index77 obs · 1789 CE–1865 CE | 0.505index (0-1)1865 CE · V-Dem v15 |
| Tech Radios45 obs · 1821 CE–1865 CE | 0count1865 CE · CHAT (Comin-Hobijn) |
| Tech Railway Line Km32 obs · 1830 CE–1865 CE | 139km1865 CE · CHAT (Comin-Hobijn) |
| Numeracy13 obs · 1680 CE–1800 CE | 64ABCC index1800 CE · Clio-Infra |
| Class Stratification | 1ordinal1850 CE · D-PLACE Ethnographic Atlas (Murdock) |
Sources
Every figure above comes from one of these. Nothing on this page is estimated, interpolated or model-generated.
Chandler/Modelski Historical Urban PopulationChandler 1987 / Modelski 2003
Chandler, T. (1987). Four Thousand Years of Urban Growth; Modelski, G. (2003). World Cities: -3000 to 2000.
Compiled from published works (Chandler 1987; Modelski 2003)
CHAT (Comin-Hobijn)2009 (FinalCHAT_72909)
Comin, D. & Hobijn, B. (2009). The CHAT Dataset. NBER Working Paper 15319.
NBER research data, freely downloadable
Clio-Infra2017 datasets
Clio-Infra project (2017). Reconstructions of global inequality and well-being. International Institute of Social History.
Academic use, attribution
Seshat Global History Databank. Cliopatria: a historical basemap of polity borders (cliopatria.geojson).
Correlates of War NMC v6.0v6.0
Singer, J.D. (1987). National Material Capabilities Data (NMC), v6.0. Correlates of War Project.
Free academic use, citation
D-PLACE Ethnographic Atlas (Murdock)Ethnographic Atlas (D-PLACE 2.3)
Kirby, K.R. et al. (2016). D-PLACE: A Global Database of Cultural, Linguistic and Environmental Diversity. PLoS ONE 11(7).
CC BY 4.0
Gapminderv14 / systema globalis
Gapminder Foundation. Gapminder systema globalis dataset.
CC BY 4.0
Historical Conflict Events Dataset (HCED v3)v3
Brecke, P. Conflict Catalog (Historical Conflict Events Dataset), digitized v3.
Academic use, attribution
Maddison Project Database 20232023
Bolt, J. & van Zanden, J.L. (2024). Maddison Project Database 2023. University of Groningen GGDC.
CC BY 4.0
V-Dem v15v15
Coppedge, M. et al. (2025). V-Dem Country-Year Dataset v15. Varieties of Democracy Project.
Free academic/non-commercial use, attribution
Wikipedia contributors. Article lead sections, reused under CC BY-SA 4.0.
CC BY-SA 4.0
Federated Republic of Mexico is one of the polities with a sourced record deep enough to publish.