CountryDuel

Land

Size, shape and altitude

Total area

How big is it, really?

Czechia fits inside Mexico 25 times

Czechia: 78,871 km² (2024) · Mexico: 1,957,190 km² (2024)

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Coastline

How much coast is there?

Czechia: 0 km (2026 edition) · Mexico: 9,330 km (2026 edition)

Highest point

How high can you climb?

Mexico’s highest peak towers 4,034 m above Czechia’s

Czechia: 1,602 m (2026 edition) · Mexico: 5,636 m (2026 edition)

Farmland

How much of the land is farmed?

Farmland covers 51% of Mexico, versus 46% of Czechia

Czechia: 45.8% (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 12 times as many people as Czechia

Czechia: 10.9 million (2025) · Mexico: 132 million (2025)

Population density

How crowded is it?

Czechia is 2.1 times as densely populated as Mexico

Czechia: 141 per km² (2025) · Mexico: 68 per km² (2025)

Height of men

How tall are the men?

Men in Czechia are 10.9 cm taller than in Mexico

Czechia: 181.2 cm (2019) · Mexico: 170.3 cm (2019)

Height of women

How tall are the women?

Women in Czechia are 10.1 cm taller than in Mexico

Czechia: 168 cm (2019) · Mexico: 157.9 cm (2019)

Median age

How old is the typical person?

The typical person in Czechia is 14 years older than in Mexico

Czechia: 42.7 years (2023) · Mexico: 28.9 years (2023)

Fertility rate

How many children per woman?

Women in Mexico have 0.5 more children on average than in Czechia

Czechia: 1.36 children per woman (2024) · Mexico: 1.89 children per woman (2024)

Aged 65 and over

How many people are 65 or older?

21% of people in Czechia are 65 or older, versus 8.5% in Mexico

Czechia: 21.2% (2025) · Mexico: 8.5% (2025)

Refugees hosted per 1,000 residents

How many refugees does it host?

Czechia hosts 32 times as many refugees per resident as Mexico

Czechia: 36.3 per 1,000 (2025) · Mexico: 1.2 per 1,000 (2025)

Nobel laureates per 10 million people

How many Nobel laureates were born there?

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

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

Official languages

How many official languages?

Czechia has 2 official languages, Mexico 1

Czechia: 2 (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 4.7 times the size of Czechia’s

Czechia: $391 billion (2025) · Mexico: $1.83 trillion (2025)

GDP per person (PPP)

How much is produced per person?

Czechia produces 2.3 times as much per person as Mexico

Czechia: Int$60,487 (2025) · Mexico: Int$25,869 (2025)

Income inequality (Gini)

How evenly is income shared?

Income is more unequally shared in Mexico than in Czechia (Gini 16.9 points higher)

Czechia: 25.7 (2023) · Mexico: 42.6 (2024)

Extreme poverty ($3.00 a day)

How many live on less than $3 a day?

1.6% of people in Mexico live on less than $3 a day, versus 0% in Czechia

Czechia: 0% (2023) · Mexico: 1.6% (2024)

Unemployment

How many people are looking for work?

Czechia and Mexico are practically level

Czechia: 2.8% (2025) · Mexico: 2.7% (2025)

Military spending

How much goes to the military?

Czechia spends 1.8% of its GDP on the military, Mexico 0.7%

Czechia: 1.8% (2025) · Mexico: 0.7% (2025)

Tax revenue (central government)

How much does the central government collect in tax?

Czechia’s central government collects 19% of GDP in tax, Mexico’s 15%

Czechia: 18.6% (2024) · Mexico: 14.8% (2024)

Price level (US = 100)

How expensive is it?

Czechia’s price level (US = 100) is 1.1× Mexico’s

Czechia: 59% (2025) · Mexico: 54% (2025)

Health

Long lives, small beginnings

Health spending per person

How much is spent on health?

Czechia spends 3.5 times as much on health per person as Mexico

Czechia: $2,693 (2024) · Mexico: $761 (2023)

Life expectancy

How long do people live?

People in Czechia live 4.7 years longer than in Mexico

Czechia: 80 years (2024) · Mexico: 75.3 years (2024)

Infant mortality

How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?

A baby in Mexico is 5.8 times as likely to die before turning one as in Czechia

Czechia: 2.1 per 1,000 (2024) · Mexico: 12.1 per 1,000 (2024)

Doctors

How many doctors are there?

Czechia has 68% more doctors per person than Mexico

Czechia: 4.4 per 1,000 (2022) · Mexico: 2.6 per 1,000 (2022)

Hospital beds

How many hospital beds are there?

Czechia has 6.5 times as many hospital beds per person as Mexico

Czechia: 6.5 per 1,000 (2022) · Mexico: 1 per 1,000 (2022)

Suicide rate

How common is suicide?

The suicide rate in Czechia is 40% higher than in Mexico

Czechia: 12.2 per 100k (2023) · Mexico: 8.7 per 100k (2023)

Adult obesity

How common is obesity?

37% of adults in Mexico are obese, versus 32% in Czechia

Czechia: 31.6% (2024) · Mexico: 37.4% (2024)

Smoking

How many adults smoke?

28% of adults in Czechia smoke, versus 16% in Mexico

Czechia: 28.4% (2024) · Mexico: 15.7% (2024)

Everyday life

Plates, glasses and happiness

Life satisfaction

How do people rate their lives?

People in Mexico rate their lives 0.15 points higher than in Czechia

Czechia: 6.82 (2025) · Mexico: 6.97 (2025)

Alcohol consumption

How much do people drink?

Adults in Czechia drink 2 times as much alcohol as in Mexico

Czechia: 13.5 litres (2023) · Mexico: 6.7 litres (2023)

Meat supply

How much meat is on the menu?

Czechia has 5% more meat per person than Mexico

Czechia: 82.3 kg (2023) · Mexico: 78.2 kg (2023)

Daily calories

How much food is there per day?

Czechia has 80 kcal more food per person per day than Mexico

Czechia: 3,384 kcal (2023) · Mexico: 3,305 kcal (2023)

Working hours

How long do people work?

Workers in Czechia put in 145 more hours a year than in Mexico

Czechia: 1,774 hours (2023) · Mexico: 1,629 hours (2023)

Years of schooling

How long do people go to school?

Adults in Czechia went to school 3.6 years longer than in Mexico

Czechia: 13 years (2023) · Mexico: 9.3 years (2023)

Tourists per resident

How many tourists visit?

Czechia welcomed 4 times as many tourists per resident as Mexico (2019)

Czechia: 1.37 (2019) · Mexico: 0.34 (2024)

World Heritage sites

How many World Heritage sites?

Mexico has 19 more World Heritage sites than Czechia (36 against 17)

Czechia: 17 (2026) · Mexico: 36 (2026)

Olympic medals (all time)

How many Olympic medals has it won?

Czechia has won 111 Olympic medals, Mexico 77

Czechia: 111 (2026 edition) · Mexico: 77 (2026 edition)

Connected

Online, electrified, urban

Internet users

How many people are online?

88% of people in Czechia are online, versus 83% in Mexico

Czechia: 88% (2024) · Mexico: 83% (2024)

Fixed broadband download speed

How fast is home internet?

Home internet in Czechia is 23% faster than in Mexico

Czechia: 186 Mbps (2026) · Mexico: 152 Mbps (2026)

Access to electricity

Who has electricity at home?

Czechia and Mexico are practically level

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

Urban population

How many live in cities?

80% of people in Mexico live in cities, versus 73% in Czechia

Czechia: 73% (2025) · Mexico: 80% (2025)

Mobile subscriptions

How many phones per person?

Czechia has 127 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Mexico 116

Czechia: 127 (2024) · Mexico: 116 (2024)

Railway network

How much railway is there?

Mexico’s railway network is 2.5 times as long as Czechia’s

Czechia: 9,357 km (2021) · Mexico: 23,389 km (2017)

Air passengers per resident

How much do they fly?

Airlines from Mexico fly 3 times as many passengers per resident as those from Czechia

Czechia: 0.2 (2023) · Mexico: 0.6 (2023)

Planet

Air, forests and energy

Forest cover

How much of the land is forest?

Forest covers 38% of Czechia, but only 34% of Mexico

Czechia: 38.4% (2024) · Mexico: 34.2% (2024)

CO₂ per person

How much CO₂ does each person emit?

The average person in Czechia emits 2 times as much CO₂ as someone in Mexico

Czechia: 7 t (2024) · Mexico: 3.5 t (2024)

Renewable electricity

How green is the power grid?

23% of Mexico’s electricity is renewable, versus 17% in Czechia

Czechia: 16.8% (2025) · Mexico: 23.1% (2025)

Air pollution (PM2.5)

How clean is the air?

The air in Mexico carries 51% more fine dust than in Czechia

Czechia: 12.1 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 32 times as likely to be murdered in Mexico as in Czechia

Czechia: 0.8 per 100k (2023) · Mexico: 24.9 per 100k (2023)

Road deaths

How dangerous are the roads?

Roads in Mexico are 2.7 times as deadly as in Czechia

Czechia: 7.1 per 100k (2023) · Mexico: 19.1 per 100k (2023)

Climate

What the year feels like

Average temperature

How warm is it?

Mexico is on average 12.0 °C warmer than Czechia

Czechia: 9.4°C (2016–2025 avg) · Mexico: 21.4°C (2016–2025 avg)

Rainfall

How much rain falls?

Czechia gets 2% more rain than Mexico

Czechia: 805 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 Czechia bigger than Mexico?

Mexico is larger. Czechia fits inside Mexico 25 times.

Which has more people, Czechia or Mexico?

Mexico has 12 times as many people as Czechia (2025 estimates).

Where do people live longer, Czechia or Mexico?

People in Czechia live 4.7 years longer than in Mexico. Life expectancy at birth is 80.0 years in Czechia and 75.3 in Mexico.

Are people taller in Czechia or Mexico?

Men in Czechia are 10.9 cm taller than in Mexico (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).

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