Consider the Need

* If Mexico City had 300 missionaries they would each need to reach 100,000 people to evangelize the city                                         

* The growth rate is 2,000 people daily.

* There are 800,000 college students in Mexico City without one separated Gospel witness, (300,000 alone in the worlds largest university UNAM).

* One half of the population is under the age of 20. Children under 15 make up 63% of population.

* There are millions of children, with 200,000 being born yearly in Mexico City.

* There are areas of 2-3 million people without one Gospel preaching missionary.       

Consider the Size

* 10% of Latin America’s population

* More people than all the countries in Central America

* Only 3 countries, Brazil, Argentina, and Columbia have more people than Mexico City in Latin America.

* Air pollution is very bad, so the city bans one fifth of its cars each day of the workweek, which is determined by its license plate number.

*  Mexico City covers 571 square miles. The metro area covers  900 sq miles.

Compared to North America

* 7.5% of North America’s population

* More people than Canada

* Twice the size of New York City

* More people than each of the following areas of the United States:

       - Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina

      - West Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey

- Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine.