CountryDuel

Land

Size, shape and altitude

Total area

How big is it, really?

Uzbekistan fits inside Mexico 4.4 times

Mexico: 1,957,190 km² (2024) · Uzbekistan: 448,923 km² (2024)

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Coastline

How much coast is there?

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

Highest point

How high can you climb?

Mexico’s highest peak towers 993 m above Uzbekistan’s

Mexico: 5,636 m (2026 edition) · Uzbekistan: 4,643 m (2026 edition)

Farmland

How much of the land is farmed?

Farmland covers 59% of Uzbekistan, versus 51% of Mexico

Mexico: 50.6% (2024) · Uzbekistan: 58.9% (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 Uzbekistan

Mexico: 132 million (2025) · Uzbekistan: 37.1 million (2025)

Population density

How crowded is it?

Uzbekistan is 24% more densely populated than Mexico

Mexico: 68 per km² (2025) · Uzbekistan: 84 per km² (2025)

Height of men

How tall are the men?

Uzbekistan and Mexico are practically level

Mexico: 170.3 cm (2019) · Uzbekistan: 170.9 cm (2019)

Height of women

How tall are the women?

Women in Uzbekistan are 2.4 cm taller than in Mexico

Mexico: 157.9 cm (2019) · Uzbekistan: 160.3 cm (2019)

Median age

How old is the typical person?

The typical person in Mexico is 2 years older than in Uzbekistan

Mexico: 28.9 years (2023) · Uzbekistan: 26.9 years (2023)

Fertility rate

How many children per woman?

Women in Uzbekistan have 1.6 more children on average than in Mexico

Mexico: 1.89 children per woman (2024) · Uzbekistan: 3.49 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 6.1% in Uzbekistan

Mexico: 8.5% (2025) · Uzbekistan: 6.1% (2025)

Refugees hosted per 1,000 residents

How many refugees does it host?

Mexico hosts 8,537 times as many refugees per resident as Uzbekistan

Mexico: 1.2 per 1,000 (2025) · Uzbekistan: 0.00013 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, Uzbekistan none

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

Official languages

How many official languages?

Uzbekistan has 2 official languages, Mexico 1

Mexico: 1 (2026) · Uzbekistan: 2 (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 12 times the size of Uzbekistan’s

Mexico: $1.83 trillion (2025) · Uzbekistan: $147 billion (2025)

GDP per person (PPP)

How much is produced per person?

Mexico produces 90% more per person than Uzbekistan

Mexico: Int$25,869 (2025) · Uzbekistan: Int$13,601 (2025)

Income inequality (Gini)

How evenly is income shared?

Income is more unequally shared in Mexico than in Uzbekistan (Gini 9.9 points higher)

Mexico: 42.6 (2024) · Uzbekistan: 32.7 (2025)

Extreme poverty ($3.00 a day)

How many live on less than $3 a day?

2.3% of people in Uzbekistan live on less than $3 a day, versus 1.6% in Mexico

Mexico: 1.6% (2024) · Uzbekistan: 2.3% (2025)

Unemployment

How many people are looking for work?

Unemployment is 4.6% in Uzbekistan, versus 2.7% in Mexico

Mexico: 2.7% (2025) · Uzbekistan: 4.6% (2025)

Military spending

How much goes to the military?

Uzbekistan spends 2.5% of its GDP on the military, Mexico 0.7%

Mexico: 0.7% (2025) · Uzbekistan: 2.5% (2018)

Tax revenue (central government)

How much does the central government collect in tax?

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

Mexico: 14.8% (2024) · Uzbekistan: 11% (2023)

Price level (US = 100)

How expensive is it?

Mexico’s price level (US = 100) is 1.8× Uzbekistan’s

Mexico: 54% (2025) · Uzbekistan: 29% (2025)

Health

Long lives, small beginnings

Health spending per person

How much is spent on health?

Mexico spends 4 times as much on health per person as Uzbekistan

Mexico: $761 (2023) · Uzbekistan: $192 (2023)

Life expectancy

How long do people live?

People in Mexico live 2.7 years longer than in Uzbekistan

Mexico: 75.3 years (2024) · Uzbekistan: 72.5 years (2024)

Infant mortality

How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?

A baby in Uzbekistan is 6% more likely to die before turning one than in Mexico

Mexico: 12.1 per 1,000 (2024) · Uzbekistan: 12.8 per 1,000 (2024)

Doctors

How many doctors are there?

Uzbekistan has 8% more doctors per person than Mexico

Mexico: 2.6 per 1,000 (2022) · Uzbekistan: 2.8 per 1,000 (2021)

Hospital beds

How many hospital beds are there?

Uzbekistan has 4.8 times as many hospital beds per person as Mexico

Mexico: 1 per 1,000 (2022) · Uzbekistan: 4.9 per 1,000 (2023)

Suicide rate

How common is suicide?

The suicide rate in Mexico is 12% higher than in Uzbekistan

Mexico: 8.7 per 100k (2023) · Uzbekistan: 7.8 per 100k (2023)

Adult obesity

How common is obesity?

37% of adults in Mexico are obese, versus 31% in Uzbekistan

Mexico: 37.4% (2024) · Uzbekistan: 30.6% (2024)

Smoking

How many adults smoke?

16% of adults in Uzbekistan smoke, versus 16% in Mexico

Mexico: 15.7% (2024) · Uzbekistan: 16.3% (2024)

Everyday life

Plates, glasses and happiness

Life satisfaction

How do people rate their lives?

People in Mexico rate their lives 0.69 points higher than in Uzbekistan

Mexico: 6.97 (2025) · Uzbekistan: 6.28 (2025)

Alcohol consumption

How much do people drink?

Adults in Mexico drink 3.2 times as much alcohol as in Uzbekistan

Mexico: 6.7 litres (2023) · Uzbekistan: 2.1 litres (2023)

Meat supply

How much meat is on the menu?

Mexico has 65% more meat per person than Uzbekistan

Mexico: 78.2 kg (2023) · Uzbekistan: 47.4 kg (2023)

Daily calories

How much food is there per day?

Mexico and Uzbekistan are practically level

Mexico: 3,305 kcal (2023) · Uzbekistan: 3,297 kcal (2023)

Working hours

How long do people work?

Workers in Uzbekistan put in 470 more hours a year than in Mexico

Mexico: 1,629 hours (2023) · Uzbekistan: 2,099 hours (2023)

Years of schooling

How long do people go to school?

Adults in Uzbekistan went to school 2.6 years longer than in Mexico

Mexico: 9.3 years (2023) · Uzbekistan: 11.9 years (2023)

Tourists per resident

How many tourists visit?

Mexico welcomed 57% more tourists per resident than Uzbekistan (2019)

Mexico: 0.34 (2024) · Uzbekistan: 0.22 (2024)

World Heritage sites

How many World Heritage sites?

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

Mexico: 36 (2026) · Uzbekistan: 8 (2026)

Olympic medals (all time)

How many Olympic medals has it won?

Mexico has won 77 Olympic medals, Uzbekistan 50

Mexico: 77 (2026 edition) · Uzbekistan: 50 (2026 edition)

Connected

Online, electrified, urban

Internet users

How many people are online?

90% of people in Uzbekistan are online, versus 83% in Mexico

Mexico: 83% (2024) · Uzbekistan: 90% (2024)

Fixed broadband download speed

How fast is home internet?

Home internet in Uzbekistan is 42% faster than in Mexico

Mexico: 152 Mbps (2026) · Uzbekistan: 215 Mbps (2026)

Access to electricity

Who has electricity at home?

Uzbekistan and Mexico are practically level

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

Urban population

How many live in cities?

80% of people in Mexico live in cities, versus 51% in Uzbekistan

Mexico: 80% (2025) · Uzbekistan: 51% (2025)

Mobile subscriptions

How many phones per person?

Mexico has 116 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Uzbekistan 110

Mexico: 116 (2024) · Uzbekistan: 110 (2024)

Railway network

How much railway is there?

Mexico’s railway network is 4.9 times as long as Uzbekistan’s

Mexico: 23,389 km (2017) · Uzbekistan: 4,732 km (2021)

Air passengers per resident

How much do they fly?

Airlines from Mexico fly 4.6 times as many passengers per resident as those from Uzbekistan

Mexico: 0.6 (2023) · Uzbekistan: 0.13 (2023)

Planet

Air, forests and energy

Forest cover

How much of the land is forest?

Forest covers 34% of Mexico, but only 8.8% of Uzbekistan

Mexico: 34.2% (2024) · Uzbekistan: 8.8% (2024)

CO₂ per person

How much CO₂ does each person emit?

The average person in Uzbekistan emits 9% more CO₂ than someone in Mexico

Mexico: 3.5 t (2024) · Uzbekistan: 3.8 t (2024)

Renewable electricity

How green is the power grid?

23% of Mexico’s electricity is renewable, versus 19% in Uzbekistan

Mexico: 23.1% (2025) · Uzbekistan: 19.4% (2025)

Air pollution (PM2.5)

How clean is the air?

The air in Uzbekistan carries 64% more fine dust than in Mexico

Mexico: 18.3 µg/m³ (2024) · Uzbekistan: 30 µg/m³ (2024)

Where does the power come from?

Safety

Measured risk, not vibes

Homicide rate

How common is murder?

You are 18 times as likely to be murdered in Mexico as in Uzbekistan

Mexico: 24.9 per 100k (2023) · Uzbekistan: 1.4 per 100k (2021)

Road deaths

How dangerous are the roads?

Roads in Mexico are 47% deadlier than in Uzbekistan

Mexico: 19.1 per 100k (2023) · Uzbekistan: 13 per 100k (2023)

Climate

What the year feels like

Average temperature

How warm is it?

Mexico is on average 7.0 °C warmer than Uzbekistan

Mexico: 21.4°C (2016–2025 avg) · Uzbekistan: 14.4°C (2016–2025 avg)

Rainfall

How much rain falls?

Mexico gets 3.6 times as much rain as Uzbekistan

Mexico: 788 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Uzbekistan: 221 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 Uzbekistan?

Mexico is larger. Uzbekistan fits inside Mexico 4.4 times.

Which has more people, Mexico or Uzbekistan?

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

Where do people live longer, Mexico or Uzbekistan?

People in Mexico live 2.7 years longer than in Uzbekistan. Life expectancy at birth is 75.3 years in Mexico and 72.5 in Uzbekistan.

Are people taller in Mexico or Uzbekistan?

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

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