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Land

Size, shape and altitude

Total area

How big is it, really?

Saudi Arabia is 10% bigger than Mexico

Mexico: 1,957,190 km² (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 2,149,690 km² (2024)

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Coastline

How much coast is there?

Mexico’s coastline is 3.5 times as long as Saudi Arabia’s

Mexico: 9,330 km (2026 edition) · Saudi Arabia: 2,640 km (2026 edition)

Highest point

How high can you climb?

Mexico’s highest peak towers 2,636 m above Saudi Arabia’s

Mexico: 5,636 m (2026 edition) · Saudi Arabia: 3,000 m (2026 edition)

Farmland

How much of the land is farmed?

Farmland covers 82% of Saudi Arabia, versus 51% of Mexico

Mexico: 50.6% (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 81.7% (2024)

How far apart are they?

People

Who lives there, and how closely

Population

How many people live there?

Mexico has 3.6 times as many people as Saudi Arabia

Mexico: 132 million (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 37 million (2025)

Population density

How crowded is it?

Mexico is 3.9 times as densely populated as Saudi Arabia

Mexico: 68 per km² (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 17 per km² (2025)

Height of men

How tall are the men?

Saudi Arabia and Mexico are practically level

Mexico: 170.3 cm (2019) · Saudi Arabia: 170.7 cm (2019)

Height of women

How tall are the women?

Women in Saudi Arabia are 0.9 cm taller than in Mexico

Mexico: 157.9 cm (2019) · Saudi Arabia: 158.8 cm (2019)

Median age

How old is the typical person?

The typical person in Saudi Arabia is 0.36 years older than in Mexico

Mexico: 28.9 years (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 29.2 years (2023)

Fertility rate

How many children per woman?

Women in Saudi Arabia have 0.4 more children on average than in Mexico

Mexico: 1.89 children per woman (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 2.31 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 3.1% in Saudi Arabia

Mexico: 8.5% (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 3.1% (2025)

Refugees hosted per 1,000 residents

How many refugees does it host?

Mexico hosts 95 times as many refugees per resident as Saudi Arabia

Mexico: 1.2 per 1,000 (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 0.012 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, Saudi Arabia none

Mexico: 0.2 (2026) · Saudi Arabia: 0 (2026)

Official languages

How many official languages?

Mexico and Saudi Arabia are practically level

Mexico: 1 (2026) · Saudi Arabia: 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 44% larger than Saudi Arabia’s

Mexico: $1.83 trillion (2025) · Saudi Arabia: $1.28 trillion (2025)

GDP per person (PPP)

How much is produced per person?

Saudi Arabia produces 2.9 times as much per person as Mexico

Mexico: Int$25,869 (2025) · Saudi Arabia: Int$73,784 (2025)

Income inequality (Gini)

How evenly is income shared?

Mexico: 42.6 (2024) · Saudi Arabia: no data

Extreme poverty ($3.00 a day)

How many live on less than $3 a day?

Mexico: 1.6% (2024) · Saudi Arabia: no data

Unemployment

How many people are looking for work?

Saudi Arabia and Mexico are practically level

Mexico: 2.7% (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 3% (2025)

Military spending

How much goes to the military?

Saudi Arabia spends 6.5% of its GDP on the military, Mexico 0.7%

Mexico: 0.7% (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 6.5% (2025)

Tax revenue (central government)

How much does the central government collect in tax?

Mexico’s central government collects 15% of GDP in tax, Saudi Arabia’s 8.1%

Mexico: 14.8% (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 8.1% (2024)

Price level (US = 100)

How expensive is it?

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

Mexico: 54% (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 47% (2025)

Health

Long lives, small beginnings

Health spending per person

How much is spent on health?

Saudi Arabia spends 2.4 times as much on health per person as Mexico

Mexico: $761 (2023) · Saudi Arabia: $1,825 (2023)

Life expectancy

How long do people live?

People in Saudi Arabia live 3.7 years longer than in Mexico

Mexico: 75.3 years (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 79 years (2024)

Infant mortality

How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?

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

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

Doctors

How many doctors are there?

Saudi Arabia has 32% more doctors per person than Mexico

Mexico: 2.6 per 1,000 (2022) · Saudi Arabia: 3.4 per 1,000 (2023)

Hospital beds

How many hospital beds are there?

Saudi Arabia has 2.4 times as many hospital beds per person as Mexico

Mexico: 1 per 1,000 (2022) · Saudi Arabia: 2.4 per 1,000 (2023)

Suicide rate

How common is suicide?

The suicide rate in Mexico is 4 times that in Saudi Arabia

Mexico: 8.7 per 100k (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 2.2 per 100k (2023)

Adult obesity

How common is obesity?

39% of adults in Saudi Arabia are obese, versus 37% in Mexico

Mexico: 37.4% (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 39.2% (2024)

Smoking

How many adults smoke?

16% of adults in Mexico smoke, versus 15% in Saudi Arabia

Mexico: 15.7% (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 14.7% (2024)

Everyday life

Plates, glasses and happiness

Life satisfaction

How do people rate their lives?

People in Mexico rate their lives 0.16 points higher than in Saudi Arabia

Mexico: 6.97 (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 6.82 (2025)

Alcohol consumption

How much do people drink?

Mexico: 6.7 litres (2023) · Saudi Arabia: no data

Meat supply

How much meat is on the menu?

Mexico has 35% more meat per person than Saudi Arabia

Mexico: 78.2 kg (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 58.1 kg (2023)

Daily calories

How much food is there per day?

Saudi Arabia has 355 kcal more food per person per day than Mexico

Mexico: 3,305 kcal (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 3,660 kcal (2023)

Working hours

How long do people work?

Workers in Saudi Arabia put in 496 more hours a year than in Mexico

Mexico: 1,629 hours (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 2,125 hours (2023)

Years of schooling

How long do people go to school?

Adults in Saudi Arabia went to school 2.3 years longer than in Mexico

Mexico: 9.3 years (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 11.6 years (2023)

Tourists per resident

How many tourists visit?

Saudi Arabia welcomed 2.4 times as many tourists per resident as Mexico (2019)

Mexico: 0.34 (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 0.84 (2024)

World Heritage sites

How many World Heritage sites?

Mexico has 28 more World Heritage sites than Saudi Arabia (36 against 8)

Mexico: 36 (2026) · Saudi Arabia: 8 (2026)

Olympic medals (all time)

How many Olympic medals has it won?

Mexico has won 77 Olympic medals, Saudi Arabia 4

Mexico: 77 (2026 edition) · Saudi Arabia: 4 (2026 edition)

Connected

Online, electrified, urban

Internet users

How many people are online?

100% of people in Saudi Arabia are online, versus 83% in Mexico

Mexico: 83% (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 100% (2024)

Fixed broadband download speed

How fast is home internet?

Home internet in Saudi Arabia is 29% faster than in Mexico

Mexico: 152 Mbps (2026) · Saudi Arabia: 196 Mbps (2026)

Access to electricity

Who has electricity at home?

Saudi Arabia and Mexico are practically level

Mexico: 99.8% (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 100% (2024)

Urban population

How many live in cities?

85% of people in Saudi Arabia live in cities, versus 80% in Mexico

Mexico: 80% (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 85% (2025)

Mobile subscriptions

How many phones per person?

Saudi Arabia has 160 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Mexico 116

Mexico: 116 (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 160 (2024)

Railway network

How much railway is there?

Mexico’s railway network is 8 times as long as Saudi Arabia’s

Mexico: 23,389 km (2017) · Saudi Arabia: 2,939 km (2018)

Air passengers per resident

How much do they fly?

Airlines from Saudi Arabia fly 2.2 times as many passengers per resident as those from Mexico

Mexico: 0.6 (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 1.3 (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 Saudi Arabia

Mexico: 34.2% (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 1.3% (2024)

CO₂ per person

How much CO₂ does each person emit?

The average person in Saudi Arabia emits 5.8 times as much CO₂ as someone in Mexico

Mexico: 3.5 t (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 20.4 t (2024)

Renewable electricity

How green is the power grid?

23% of Mexico’s electricity is renewable, versus 2.2% in Saudi Arabia

Mexico: 23.1% (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 2.2% (2024)

Air pollution (PM2.5)

How clean is the air?

The air in Saudi Arabia carries 2.8 times as much fine dust as in Mexico

Mexico: 18.3 µg/m³ (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 50.4 µg/m³ (2024)

Where does the power come from?

Safety

Measured risk, not vibes

Homicide rate

How common is murder?

You are 27 times as likely to be murdered in Mexico as in Saudi Arabia

Mexico: 24.9 per 100k (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 0.9 per 100k (2019)

Road deaths

How dangerous are the roads?

Roads in Saudi Arabia are 12% deadlier than in Mexico

Mexico: 19.1 per 100k (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 21.4 per 100k (2023)

Climate

What the year feels like

Average temperature

How warm is it?

Saudi Arabia is on average 5.4 °C warmer than Mexico

Mexico: 21.4°C (2016–2025 avg) · Saudi Arabia: 26.8°C (2016–2025 avg)

Rainfall

How much rain falls?

Mexico gets 13 times as much rain as Saudi Arabia

Mexico: 788 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Saudi Arabia: 61 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 Mexico bigger than Saudi Arabia?

Saudi Arabia is larger. Saudi Arabia is 10% bigger than Mexico.

Which has more people, Mexico or Saudi Arabia?

Mexico has 3.6 times as many people as Saudi Arabia (2025 estimates).

Where do people live longer, Mexico or Saudi Arabia?

People in Saudi Arabia live 3.7 years longer than in Mexico. Life expectancy at birth is 75.3 years in Mexico and 79.0 in Saudi Arabia.

Are people taller in Mexico or Saudi Arabia?

Saudi Arabia and Mexico are practically level (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).

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