Canada’s coastline is 22 times as long as Mexico’s

Canada: 202,080 km (2026 edition) · Mexico: 9,330 km (2026 edition)

Canada’s highest peak towers 323 m above Mexico’s

Canada: 5,959 m (2026 edition) · Mexico: 5,636 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 51% of Mexico, versus 6.5% of Canada

Canada: 6.5% (2024) · Mexico: 50.6% (2024)

Mexico has 3.2 times as many people as Canada

Canada: 41.7 million (2025) · Mexico: 132 million (2025)

Mexico is 14 times as densely populated as Canada

Canada: 5 per km² (2025) · Mexico: 68 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Canada is 11 years older than in Mexico

Canada: 40.3 years (2023) · Mexico: 28.9 years (2023)

Women in Mexico have 0.6 more children on average than in Canada

Canada: 1.25 children per woman (2024) · Mexico: 1.89 children per woman (2024)

20% of people in Canada are 65 or older, versus 8.5% in Mexico

Canada: 20.3% (2025) · Mexico: 8.5% (2025)

Canada hosts 8.7 times as many refugees per resident as Mexico

Canada: 10 per 1,000 (2025) · Mexico: 1.2 per 1,000 (2025)

Canada has produced 5.5 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Mexico 0.2

Canada: 5.5 (2026) · Mexico: 0.2 (2026)

Canada has 2 official languages, Mexico 1

Canada: 2 (2026) · Mexico: 1 (2026)

Canada’s economy is 27% larger than Mexico’s

Canada: $2.32 trillion (2025) · Mexico: $1.83 trillion (2025)

Canada produces 2.6 times as much per person as Mexico

Canada: Int$66,746 (2025) · Mexico: Int$25,869 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Mexico than in Canada (Gini 11.1 points higher)

Canada: 31.5 (2022) · Mexico: 42.6 (2024)

1.6% of people in Mexico live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.3% in Canada

Canada: 0.3% (2022) · Mexico: 1.6% (2024)

Unemployment is 6.9% in Canada, versus 2.7% in Mexico

Canada: 6.9% (2025) · Mexico: 2.7% (2025)

Canada spends 1.6% of its GDP on the military, Mexico 0.7%

Canada: 1.6% (2025) · Mexico: 0.7% (2025)

Mexico’s central government collects 15% of GDP in tax, Canada’s 14%

Canada: 13.7% (2024) · Mexico: 14.8% (2024)

Canada’s price level (US = 100) is 1.6× Mexico’s

Canada: 83% (2025) · Mexico: 54% (2025)

Canada spends 8.4 times as much on health per person as Mexico

Canada: $6,378 (2024) · Mexico: $761 (2023)

A baby in Mexico is 2.6 times as likely to die before turning one as in Canada

Canada: 4.7 per 1,000 (2024) · Mexico: 12.1 per 1,000 (2024)

Canada has 9% more doctors per person than Mexico

Canada: 2.8 per 1,000 (2023) · Mexico: 2.6 per 1,000 (2022)

Canada has 2.5 times as many hospital beds per person as Mexico

Canada: 2.5 per 1,000 (2022) · Mexico: 1 per 1,000 (2022)

The suicide rate in Mexico is 4% higher than in Canada

Canada: 8.4 per 100k (2023) · Mexico: 8.7 per 100k (2023)

37% of adults in Mexico are obese, versus 27% in Canada

Canada: 27.1% (2024) · Mexico: 37.4% (2024)

16% of adults in Mexico smoke, versus 11% in Canada

Canada: 11.2% (2024) · Mexico: 15.7% (2024)

People in Mexico rate their lives 0.23 points higher than in Canada

Canada: 6.74 (2025) · Mexico: 6.97 (2025)

Adults in Canada drink 38% more alcohol than in Mexico

Canada: 9.2 litres (2023) · Mexico: 6.7 litres (2023)

Canada has 21% more meat per person than Mexico

Canada: 94.8 kg (2023) · Mexico: 78.2 kg (2023)

Canada has 285 kcal more food per person per day than Mexico

Canada: 3,590 kcal (2023) · Mexico: 3,305 kcal (2023)

Workers in Canada put in 102 more hours a year than in Mexico

Canada: 1,731 hours (2023) · Mexico: 1,629 hours (2023)

Adults in Canada went to school 4.5 years longer than in Mexico

Canada: 13.9 years (2023) · Mexico: 9.3 years (2023)

Canada welcomed 40% more tourists per resident than Mexico (2019)

Canada: 0.48 (2024) · Mexico: 0.34 (2024)

Mexico has 14 more World Heritage sites than Canada (36 against 22)

Canada: 22 (2026) · Mexico: 36 (2026)

Canada has won 597 Olympic medals, Mexico 77

Canada: 597 (2026 edition) · Mexico: 77 (2026 edition)

94% of people in Canada are online, versus 83% in Mexico

Canada: 94% (2024) · Mexico: 83% (2024)

Home internet in Canada is 2.3 times as fast as in Mexico

Canada: 357 Mbps (2026) · Mexico: 152 Mbps (2026)

Canada and Mexico are practically level

Canada: 100% (2024) · Mexico: 99.8% (2024)

83% of people in Canada live in cities, versus 80% in Mexico

Canada: 83% (2025) · Mexico: 80% (2025)

Mexico has 116 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Canada 94

Canada: 94 (2024) · Mexico: 116 (2024)

Canada’s railway network is 2.1 times as long as Mexico’s

Canada: 48,150 km (2021) · Mexico: 23,389 km (2017)

Airlines from Canada fly 3.6 times as many passengers per resident as those from Mexico

Canada: 2.13 (2023) · Mexico: 0.6 (2023)

Forest covers 42% of Canada, but only 34% of Mexico

Canada: 42% (2024) · Mexico: 34.2% (2024)

The average person in Canada emits 3.8 times as much CO₂ as someone in Mexico

Canada: 13.4 t (2024) · Mexico: 3.5 t (2024)

64% of Canada’s electricity is renewable, versus 23% in Mexico

Canada: 63.9% (2025) · Mexico: 23.1% (2025)

The air in Mexico carries 2.6 times as much fine dust as in Canada

Canada: 7 µg/m³ (2024) · Mexico: 18.3 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 13 times as likely to be murdered in Mexico as in Canada

Canada: 2 per 100k (2023) · Mexico: 24.9 per 100k (2023)

Roads in Mexico are 2.5 times as deadly as in Canada

Canada: 7.6 per 100k (2023) · Mexico: 19.1 per 100k (2023)

Mexico is on average 24.4 °C warmer than Canada

Canada: -3°C (2016–2025 avg) · Mexico: 21.4°C (2016–2025 avg)

Mexico gets 15% more rain than Canada

Canada: 683 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Mexico: 788 mm (2016–2025 avg)