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Land

Size, shape and altitude

Total area

How big is it, really?

Mexico is 57% bigger than Angola

Angola: 1,246,700 km² (2024) · Mexico: 1,957,190 km² (2024)

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Coastline

How much coast is there?

Mexico’s coastline is 5.8 times as long as Angola’s

Angola: 1,600 km (2026 edition) · Mexico: 9,330 km (2026 edition)

Highest point

How high can you climb?

Mexico’s highest peak towers 3,016 m above Angola’s

Angola: 2,620 m (2026 edition) · Mexico: 5,636 m (2026 edition)

Farmland

How much of the land is farmed?

Farmland covers 51% of Mexico, versus 36% of Angola

Angola: 36.3% (2024) · Mexico: 50.6% (2024)

How far apart are they?

People

Who lives there, and how closely

Population

How many people live there?

Mexico has 3.4 times as many people as Angola

Angola: 39 million (2025) · Mexico: 132 million (2025)

Population density

How crowded is it?

Mexico is 2.2 times as densely populated as Angola

Angola: 31 per km² (2025) · Mexico: 68 per km² (2025)

Height of men

How tall are the men?

Men in Mexico are 1.8 cm taller than in Angola

Angola: 168.5 cm (2019) · Mexico: 170.3 cm (2019)

Height of women

How tall are the women?

Angola and Mexico are practically level

Angola: 158.1 cm (2019) · Mexico: 157.9 cm (2019)

Median age

How old is the typical person?

The typical person in Mexico is 12 years older than in Angola

Angola: 16.5 years (2023) · Mexico: 28.9 years (2023)

Fertility rate

How many children per woman?

Women in Angola have 3.2 more children on average than in Mexico

Angola: 5.05 children per woman (2024) · Mexico: 1.89 children per woman (2024)

Aged 65 and over

How many people are 65 or older?

8.5% of people in Mexico are 65 or older, versus 2.9% in Angola

Angola: 2.9% (2025) · Mexico: 8.5% (2025)

Refugees hosted per 1,000 residents

How many refugees does it host?

Mexico hosts 77% more refugees per resident than Angola

Angola: 0.7 per 1,000 (2025) · Mexico: 1.2 per 1,000 (2025)

Nobel laureates per 10 million people

How many Nobel laureates were born there?

Mexico has produced 0.2 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Angola none

Angola: 0 (2026) · Mexico: 0.2 (2026)

Official languages

How many official languages?

Angola and Mexico are practically level

Angola: 1 (2026) · Mexico: 1 (2026)

What shape is the population?

Money

What an economy looks like per person

Economy size (GDP)

How big is the economy?

Mexico’s economy is 15 times the size of Angola’s

Angola: $122 billion (2025) · Mexico: $1.83 trillion (2025)

GDP per person (PPP)

How much is produced per person?

Mexico produces 2.5 times as much per person as Angola

Angola: Int$10,251 (2025) · Mexico: Int$25,869 (2025)

Income inequality (Gini)

How evenly is income shared?

Income is more unequally shared in Angola than in Mexico (Gini 8.7 points higher)

Angola: 51.3 (2018) · Mexico: 42.6 (2024)

Extreme poverty ($3.00 a day)

How many live on less than $3 a day?

39% of people in Angola live on less than $3 a day, versus 1.6% in Mexico

Angola: 39.3% (2018) · Mexico: 1.6% (2024)

Unemployment

How many people are looking for work?

Unemployment is 14% in Angola, versus 2.7% in Mexico

Angola: 14.1% (2025) · Mexico: 2.7% (2025)

Military spending

How much goes to the military?

Angola spends 1.4% of its GDP on the military, Mexico 0.7%

Angola: 1.4% (2025) · Mexico: 0.7% (2025)

Tax revenue (central government)

How much does the central government collect in tax?

Mexico’s central government collects 15% of GDP in tax, Angola’s 7.6%

Angola: 7.6% (2024) · Mexico: 14.8% (2024)

Price level (US = 100)

How expensive is it?

Mexico’s price level (US = 100) is 1.8× Angola’s

Angola: 31% (2025) · Mexico: 54% (2025)

Health

Long lives, small beginnings

Health spending per person

How much is spent on health?

Mexico spends 10 times as much on health per person as Angola

Angola: $76 (2023) · Mexico: $761 (2023)

Life expectancy

How long do people live?

People in Mexico live 10 years longer than in Angola

Angola: 64.8 years (2024) · Mexico: 75.3 years (2024)

Infant mortality

How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?

A baby in Angola is 2.7 times as likely to die before turning one as in Mexico

Angola: 32.1 per 1,000 (2024) · Mexico: 12.1 per 1,000 (2024)

Doctors

How many doctors are there?

Mexico has 11 times as many doctors per person as Angola

Angola: 0.2 per 1,000 (2022) · Mexico: 2.6 per 1,000 (2022)

Hospital beds

How many hospital beds are there?

Mexico has 35% more hospital beds per person than Angola

Angola: 0.8 per 1,000 (2019) · Mexico: 1 per 1,000 (2022)

Suicide rate

How common is suicide?

The suicide rate in Angola is 2 times that in Mexico

Angola: 17.6 per 100k (2023) · Mexico: 8.7 per 100k (2023)

Adult obesity

How common is obesity?

37% of adults in Mexico are obese, versus 12% in Angola

Angola: 11.8% (2024) · Mexico: 37.4% (2024)

Smoking

How many adults smoke?

Angola: no data · Mexico: 15.7% (2024)

Everyday life

Plates, glasses and happiness

Life satisfaction

How do people rate their lives?

People in Mexico rate their lives 3.18 points higher than in Angola

Angola: 3.80 (2017) · Mexico: 6.97 (2025)

Alcohol consumption

How much do people drink?

Adults in Mexico drink 77% more alcohol than in Angola

Angola: 3.8 litres (2023) · Mexico: 6.7 litres (2023)

Meat supply

How much meat is on the menu?

Mexico has 4.2 times as much meat per person as Angola

Angola: 18.6 kg (2023) · Mexico: 78.2 kg (2023)

Daily calories

How much food is there per day?

Mexico has 905 kcal more food per person per day than Angola

Angola: 2,399 kcal (2023) · Mexico: 3,305 kcal (2023)

Working hours

How long do people work?

Workers in Angola put in 486 more hours a year than in Mexico

Angola: 2,115 hours (2023) · Mexico: 1,629 hours (2023)

Years of schooling

How long do people go to school?

Adults in Mexico went to school 3.4 years longer than in Angola

Angola: 6 years (2023) · Mexico: 9.3 years (2023)

Tourists per resident

How many tourists visit?

Mexico welcomed 94 times as many tourists per resident as Angola (2019)

Angola: 0.0036 (2022) · Mexico: 0.34 (2024)

World Heritage sites

How many World Heritage sites?

Mexico has 35 more World Heritage sites than Angola (36 against 1)

Angola: 1 (2026) · Mexico: 36 (2026)

Olympic medals (all time)

How many Olympic medals has it won?

Mexico has won 77 Olympic medals, Angola none

Angola: 0 (2026 edition) · Mexico: 77 (2026 edition)

Connected

Online, electrified, urban

Internet users

How many people are online?

83% of people in Mexico are online, versus 41% in Angola

Angola: 41% (2024) · Mexico: 83% (2024)

Fixed broadband download speed

How fast is home internet?

Home internet in Mexico is 4 times as fast as in Angola

Angola: 38 Mbps (2026) · Mexico: 152 Mbps (2026)

Access to electricity

Who has electricity at home?

100% of people in Mexico have electricity, versus 56% in Angola

Angola: 55.5% (2024) · Mexico: 99.8% (2024)

Urban population

How many live in cities?

80% of people in Mexico live in cities, versus 71% in Angola

Angola: 71% (2025) · Mexico: 80% (2025)

Mobile subscriptions

How many phones per person?

Mexico has 116 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Angola 70

Angola: 70 (2024) · Mexico: 116 (2024)

Railway network

How much railway is there?

Mexico’s railway network is 8.5 times as long as Angola’s

Angola: 2,761 km (2022) · Mexico: 23,389 km (2017)

Air passengers per resident

How much do they fly?

Airlines from Mexico fly 18 times as many passengers per resident as those from Angola

Angola: 0.03 (2023) · Mexico: 0.6 (2023)

Planet

Air, forests and energy

Forest cover

How much of the land is forest?

Forest covers 51% of Angola, but only 34% of Mexico

Angola: 51.2% (2024) · Mexico: 34.2% (2024)

CO₂ per person

How much CO₂ does each person emit?

The average person in Mexico emits 6 times as much CO₂ as someone in Angola

Angola: 0.6 t (2024) · Mexico: 3.5 t (2024)

Renewable electricity

How green is the power grid?

74% of Angola’s electricity is renewable, versus 23% in Mexico

Angola: 73.7% (2024) · Mexico: 23.1% (2025)

Air pollution (PM2.5)

How clean is the air?

The air in Angola carries 43% more fine dust than in Mexico

Angola: 26.1 µg/m³ (2024) · Mexico: 18.3 µg/m³ (2024)

Where does the power come from?

Safety

Measured risk, not vibes

Homicide rate

How common is murder?

You are 6.1 times as likely to be murdered in Mexico as in Angola

Angola: 4.1 per 100k (2016) · Mexico: 24.9 per 100k (2023)

Road deaths

How dangerous are the roads?

Roads in Angola are 5% deadlier than in Mexico

Angola: 20 per 100k (2023) · Mexico: 19.1 per 100k (2023)

Climate

What the year feels like

Average temperature

How warm is it?

Angola is on average 1.3 °C warmer than Mexico

Angola: 22.7°C (2016–2025 avg) · Mexico: 21.4°C (2016–2025 avg)

Rainfall

How much rain falls?

Angola gets 40% more rain than Mexico

Angola: 1,105 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Mexico: 788 mm (2016–2025 avg)

What does the year feel like?

Between them

People, goods and passports that cross from one to the other

Who has moved between them?
Can they visit without a visa?
What do they sell each other?
Have they met on the pitch?
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Quick answers

Is Angola bigger than Mexico?

Mexico is larger. Mexico is 57% bigger than Angola.

Which has more people, Angola or Mexico?

Mexico has 3.4 times as many people as Angola (2025 estimates).

Where do people live longer, Angola or Mexico?

People in Mexico live 10 years longer than in Angola. Life expectancy at birth is 64.8 years in Angola and 75.3 in Mexico.

Are people taller in Angola or Mexico?

Men in Mexico are 1.8 cm taller than in Angola (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).

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