Russia’s coastline is 4 times as long as Mexico’s

Mexico: 9,330 km (2026 edition) · Russia: 37,653 km (2026 edition)

Russia and Mexico are practically level

Mexico: 5,636 m (2026 edition) · Russia: 5,642 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 51% of Mexico, versus 13% of Russia

Mexico: 50.6% (2024) · Russia: 13.2% (2024)

Russia has 9% more people than Mexico

Mexico: 132 million (2025) · Russia: 144 million (2025)

Mexico is 7.7 times as densely populated as Russia

Mexico: 68 per km² (2025) · Russia: 9 per km² (2025)

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

Mexico: 28.9 years (2023) · Russia: 39.5 years (2023)

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

Mexico: 1.89 children per woman (2024) · Russia: 1.42 children per woman (2024)

18% of people in Russia are 65 or older, versus 8.5% in Mexico

Mexico: 8.5% (2025) · Russia: 17.8% (2025)

Mexico hosts 14 times as many refugees per resident as Russia

Mexico: 1.2 per 1,000 (2025) · Russia: 0.1 per 1,000 (2025)

Russia has produced 2.0 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Mexico 0.2

Mexico: 0.2 (2026) · Russia: 2 (2026)

Mexico and Russia are practically level

Mexico: 1 (2026) · Russia: 1 (2026)

Russia’s economy is 40% larger than Mexico’s

Mexico: $1.83 trillion (2025) · Russia: $2.56 trillion (2025)

Russia produces 92% more per person than Mexico

Mexico: Int$25,869 (2025) · Russia: Int$49,568 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Mexico than in Russia (Gini 9.6 points higher)

Mexico: 42.6 (2024) · Russia: 33 (2023)

1.6% of people in Mexico live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.1% in Russia

Mexico: 1.6% (2024) · Russia: 0.1% (2023)

Unemployment is 2.7% in Mexico, versus 2.1% in Russia

Mexico: 2.7% (2025) · Russia: 2.1% (2025)

Russia spends 7.5% of its GDP on the military, Mexico 0.7%

Mexico: 0.7% (2025) · Russia: 7.5% (2025)

Mexico’s central government collects 15% of GDP in tax, Russia’s 11%

Mexico: 14.8% (2024) · Russia: 10.9% (2024)

Mexico’s price level (US = 100) is 1.5× Russia’s

Mexico: 54% (2025) · Russia: 35% (2025)

Russia spends 32% more on health per person than Mexico

Mexico: $761 (2023) · Russia: $1,003 (2023)

A baby in Mexico is 3 times as likely to die before turning one as in Russia

Mexico: 12.1 per 1,000 (2024) · Russia: 4.1 per 1,000 (2024)

Russia has 2 times as many doctors per person as Mexico

Mexico: 2.6 per 1,000 (2022) · Russia: 5.1 per 1,000 (2022)

Russia has 6.7 times as many hospital beds per person as Mexico

Mexico: 1 per 1,000 (2022) · Russia: 6.8 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in Russia is 2.3 times that in Mexico

Mexico: 8.7 per 100k (2023) · Russia: 19.8 per 100k (2023)

37% of adults in Mexico are obese, versus 21% in Russia

Mexico: 37.4% (2024) · Russia: 21.2% (2024)

27% of adults in Russia smoke, versus 16% in Mexico

Mexico: 15.7% (2024) · Russia: 27% (2024)

People in Mexico rate their lives 1.14 points higher than in Russia

Mexico: 6.97 (2025) · Russia: 5.83 (2025)

Adults in Russia drink 56% more alcohol than in Mexico

Mexico: 6.7 litres (2023) · Russia: 10.4 litres (2023)

Russia has 8% more meat per person than Mexico

Mexico: 78.2 kg (2023) · Russia: 84.8 kg (2023)

Russia has 224 kcal more food per person per day than Mexico

Mexico: 3,305 kcal (2023) · Russia: 3,528 kcal (2023)

Workers in Russia put in 458 more hours a year than in Mexico

Mexico: 1,629 hours (2023) · Russia: 2,087 hours (2023)

Adults in Russia went to school 3.1 years longer than in Mexico

Mexico: 9.3 years (2023) · Russia: 12.4 years (2023)

Mexico: 0.34 (2024) · Russia: no data

Mexico has 3 more World Heritage sites than Russia (36 against 33)

Mexico: 36 (2026) · Russia: 33 (2026)

Russia has won 539 Olympic medals, Mexico 77

Mexico: 77 (2026 edition) · Russia: 539 (2026 edition)

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

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

Mexico: 152 Mbps (2026) · Russia: no data

Russia and Mexico are practically level

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

80% of people in Mexico live in cities, versus 75% in Russia

Mexico: 80% (2025) · Russia: 75% (2025)

Russia has 186 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Mexico 116

Mexico: 116 (2024) · Russia: 186 (2024)

Russia’s railway network is 3.7 times as long as Mexico’s

Mexico: 23,389 km (2017) · Russia: 85,544 km (2021)

Airlines from Russia fly 15% more passengers per resident than those from Mexico

Mexico: 0.6 (2023) · Russia: 0.69 (2023)

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

Mexico: 34.2% (2024) · Russia: 50.8% (2024)

The average person in Russia emits 3.5 times as much CO₂ as someone in Mexico

Mexico: 3.5 t (2024) · Russia: 12.3 t (2024)

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

Mexico: 23.1% (2025) · Russia: 17.4% (2025)

The air in Mexico carries 42% more fine dust than in Russia

Mexico: 18.3 µg/m³ (2024) · Russia: 12.9 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 3.2 times as likely to be murdered in Mexico as in Russia

Mexico: 24.9 per 100k (2023) · Russia: 7.8 per 100k (2024)

Roads in Mexico are 43% deadlier than in Russia

Mexico: 19.1 per 100k (2023) · Russia: 13.4 per 100k (2023)

Mexico is on average 24.0 °C warmer than Russia

Mexico: 21.4°C (2016–2025 avg) · Russia: -2.6°C (2016–2025 avg)

Mexico gets 34% more rain than Russia

Mexico: 788 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Russia: 586 mm (2016–2025 avg)