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Land

Size, shape and altitude

Total area

How big is it, really?

Kazakhstan is 39% bigger than Mexico

Kazakhstan: 2,724,900 km² (2024) · Mexico: 1,957,190 km² (2024)

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Coastline

How much coast is there?

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

Highest point

How high can you climb?

Kazakhstan’s highest peak towers 1,374 m above Mexico’s

Kazakhstan: 7,010 m (2026 edition) · Mexico: 5,636 m (2026 edition)

Farmland

How much of the land is farmed?

Farmland covers 79% of Kazakhstan, versus 51% of Mexico

Kazakhstan: 79.2% (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 6.3 times as many people as Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan: 20.8 million (2025) · Mexico: 132 million (2025)

Population density

How crowded is it?

Mexico is 8.8 times as densely populated as Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan: 8 per km² (2025) · Mexico: 68 per km² (2025)

Height of men

How tall are the men?

Men in Kazakhstan are 5.2 cm taller than in Mexico

Kazakhstan: 175.5 cm (2019) · Mexico: 170.3 cm (2019)

Height of women

How tall are the women?

Women in Kazakhstan are 3.8 cm taller than in Mexico

Kazakhstan: 161.7 cm (2019) · Mexico: 157.9 cm (2019)

Median age

How old is the typical person?

The typical person in Kazakhstan is 0.58 years older than in Mexico

Kazakhstan: 29.5 years (2023) · Mexico: 28.9 years (2023)

Fertility rate

How many children per woman?

Women in Kazakhstan have 1.1 more children on average than in Mexico

Kazakhstan: 2.98 children per woman (2024) · Mexico: 1.89 children per woman (2024)

Aged 65 and over

How many people are 65 or older?

Kazakhstan and Mexico are practically level

Kazakhstan: 9% (2025) · Mexico: 8.5% (2025)

Refugees hosted per 1,000 residents

How many refugees does it host?

Mexico hosts 5.5 times as many refugees per resident as Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan: 0.2 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, Kazakhstan none

Kazakhstan: 0 (2026) · Mexico: 0.2 (2026)

Official languages

How many official languages?

Kazakhstan has 2 official languages, Mexico 1

Kazakhstan: 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 6 times the size of Kazakhstan’s

Kazakhstan: $306 billion (2025) · Mexico: $1.83 trillion (2025)

GDP per person (PPP)

How much is produced per person?

Kazakhstan produces 71% more per person than Mexico

Kazakhstan: Int$44,294 (2025) · Mexico: Int$25,869 (2025)

Income inequality (Gini)

How evenly is income shared?

Income is more unequally shared in Mexico than in Kazakhstan (Gini 13.4 points higher)

Kazakhstan: 29.2 (2021) · 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 Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan: 0% (2021) · Mexico: 1.6% (2024)

Unemployment

How many people are looking for work?

Unemployment is 4.8% in Kazakhstan, versus 2.7% in Mexico

Kazakhstan: 4.8% (2025) · Mexico: 2.7% (2025)

Military spending

How much goes to the military?

Mexico and Kazakhstan are practically level

Kazakhstan: 0.4% (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, Kazakhstan’s 12%

Kazakhstan: 11.9% (2023) · Mexico: 14.8% (2024)

Price level (US = 100)

How expensive is it?

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

Kazakhstan: 33% (2025) · Mexico: 54% (2025)

Health

Long lives, small beginnings

Health spending per person

How much is spent on health?

Mexico spends 55% more on health per person than Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan: $490 (2023) · Mexico: $761 (2023)

Life expectancy

How long do people live?

People in Mexico live 0.73 years longer than in Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan: 74.5 years (2024) · Mexico: 75.3 years (2024)

Infant mortality

How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?

A baby in Mexico is 64% more likely to die before turning one than in Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan: 7.4 per 1,000 (2024) · Mexico: 12.1 per 1,000 (2024)

Doctors

How many doctors are there?

Kazakhstan has 45% more doctors per person than Mexico

Kazakhstan: 3.8 per 1,000 (2023) · Mexico: 2.6 per 1,000 (2022)

Hospital beds

How many hospital beds are there?

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

Kazakhstan: 6.5 per 1,000 (2020) · Mexico: 1 per 1,000 (2022)

Suicide rate

How common is suicide?

The suicide rate in Kazakhstan is 2.1 times that in Mexico

Kazakhstan: 18.2 per 100k (2023) · Mexico: 8.7 per 100k (2023)

Adult obesity

How common is obesity?

37% of adults in Mexico are obese, versus 22% in Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan: 22.4% (2024) · Mexico: 37.4% (2024)

Smoking

How many adults smoke?

21% of adults in Kazakhstan smoke, versus 16% in Mexico

Kazakhstan: 21.1% (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 0.34 points higher than in Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan: 6.63 (2025) · Mexico: 6.97 (2025)

Alcohol consumption

How much do people drink?

Adults in Mexico drink 12% more alcohol than in Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan: 6 litres (2023) · Mexico: 6.7 litres (2023)

Meat supply

How much meat is on the menu?

Mexico has 21% more meat per person than Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan: 64.9 kg (2023) · Mexico: 78.2 kg (2023)

Daily calories

How much food is there per day?

Mexico has 169 kcal more food per person per day than Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan: 3,136 kcal (2023) · Mexico: 3,305 kcal (2023)

Working hours

How long do people work?

Workers in Kazakhstan put in 346 more hours a year than in Mexico

Kazakhstan: 1,975 hours (2023) · Mexico: 1,629 hours (2023)

Years of schooling

How long do people go to school?

Adults in Kazakhstan went to school 3.2 years longer than in Mexico

Kazakhstan: 12.5 years (2023) · Mexico: 9.3 years (2023)

Tourists per resident

How many tourists visit?

Kazakhstan welcomed 46% more tourists per resident than Mexico (2019)

Kazakhstan: 0.5 (2024) · Mexico: 0.34 (2024)

World Heritage sites

How many World Heritage sites?

Mexico has 29 more World Heritage sites than Kazakhstan (36 against 7)

Kazakhstan: 7 (2026) · Mexico: 36 (2026)

Olympic medals (all time)

How many Olympic medals has it won?

Kazakhstan has won 87 Olympic medals, Mexico 77

Kazakhstan: 87 (2026 edition) · Mexico: 77 (2026 edition)

Connected

Online, electrified, urban

Internet users

How many people are online?

93% of people in Kazakhstan are online, versus 83% in Mexico

Kazakhstan: 93% (2024) · Mexico: 83% (2024)

Fixed broadband download speed

How fast is home internet?

Home internet in Kazakhstan is 8% faster than in Mexico

Kazakhstan: 165 Mbps (2026) · Mexico: 152 Mbps (2026)

Access to electricity

Who has electricity at home?

Kazakhstan and Mexico are practically level

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

Urban population

How many live in cities?

80% of people in Mexico live in cities, versus 62% in Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan: 62% (2025) · Mexico: 80% (2025)

Mobile subscriptions

How many phones per person?

Kazakhstan has 127 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Mexico 116

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

Railway network

How much railway is there?

Mexico’s railway network is 46% longer than Kazakhstan’s

Kazakhstan: 16,006 km (2021) · Mexico: 23,389 km (2017)

Air passengers per resident

How much do they fly?

Airlines from Mexico fly 5% more passengers per resident than those from Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan: 0.57 (2023) · Mexico: 0.6 (2023)

Planet

Air, forests and energy

Forest cover

How much of the land is forest?

Forest covers 34% of Mexico, but only 1.3% of Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan: 1.3% (2024) · Mexico: 34.2% (2024)

CO₂ per person

How much CO₂ does each person emit?

The average person in Kazakhstan emits 4 times as much CO₂ as someone in Mexico

Kazakhstan: 13.9 t (2024) · Mexico: 3.5 t (2024)

Renewable electricity

How green is the power grid?

23% of Mexico’s electricity is renewable, versus 15% in Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan: 14.9% (2025) · Mexico: 23.1% (2025)

Air pollution (PM2.5)

How clean is the air?

The air in Mexico carries 14% more fine dust than in Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan: 16 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 9.7 times as likely to be murdered in Mexico as in Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan: 2.6 per 100k (2022) · Mexico: 24.9 per 100k (2023)

Road deaths

How dangerous are the roads?

Roads in Kazakhstan are 7% deadlier than in Mexico

Kazakhstan: 20.4 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 13.6 °C warmer than Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan: 7.8°C (2016–2025 avg) · Mexico: 21.4°C (2016–2025 avg)

Rainfall

How much rain falls?

Mexico gets 2.4 times as much rain as Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan: 328 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 Kazakhstan bigger than Mexico?

Kazakhstan is larger. Kazakhstan is 39% bigger than Mexico.

Which has more people, Kazakhstan or Mexico?

Mexico has 6.3 times as many people as Kazakhstan (2025 estimates).

Where do people live longer, Kazakhstan or Mexico?

People in Mexico live 0.73 years longer than in Kazakhstan. Life expectancy at birth is 74.5 years in Kazakhstan and 75.3 in Mexico.

Are people taller in Kazakhstan or Mexico?

Men in Kazakhstan are 5.2 cm taller than in Mexico (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).

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