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Mexico United Mexican States
Capital Mexico City
Languages Spanish
Currency Mexican peso
People 132 million (2025)
Neighbours 3 Greetings from
Mexico
11th highest population 132 million · #11 of 210 · 2025 13th highest total area 1,957,190 km² · #13 of 205 · 2023 14th highest economy size (GDP) $1.83 trillion · #14 of 207 · 2025 MEX COUNTRYDUEL AMERICAS
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Picked for surprise among Mexico’s neighbours, its region and the world median.
Mexico among 213 countries & territories Each dot shows where Mexico sits between the lowest and the highest value in the world; “See it” opens the full visual against the
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Total area 1,957,190 km² 13th of 205 2023 Coastline 9,330 km 14th of 213 2026 edition Highest point 5,636 m 21st of 213 2026 edition Forest cover 33.6% 95th of 207 2023 Population 132 million 11th of 210 2025 Population density 68 per km² 132nd of 209 2025 Height of men 170.3 cm 136th of 196 2019 Height of women 157.9 cm 154th of 196 2019 Median age 28.9 years 120th of 213 2023 Fertility rate 1.89 children per woman 108th of 210 2024 Aged 65 and over 8.5% 106th of 210 2025 Economy size (GDP) $1.83 trillion 14th of 207 2025 GDP per person (PPP) Int$25,869 88th of 198 2025 Income inequality (Gini) 42.6 28th of 155 2024 Unemployment 2.7% 159th of 186 2025 Health spending per person $761 73rd of 193 2023 Military spending 0.9% 128th of 158 2024 Life expectancy 75.3 years 99th of 210 2024 Infant mortality 12.1 per 1,000 101st of 194 2024 Doctors 2.6 per 1,000 75th of 190 2022 Adult obesity 37.4% 27th of 195 2024 Smoking 15.7% 100th of 166 2024 Life satisfaction 6.97 13th of 163 2025 Alcohol consumption 6.7 litres 71st of 195 2023 Meat supply 78.2 kg 48th of 189 2023 Daily calories 3,305 kcal 53rd of 189 2023 Working hours 1,629 hours 100th of 130 2023 Years of schooling 9.3 years 106th of 193 2023 Internet users 83% 94th of 208 2024 Access to electricity 99.8% 120th of 209 2024 Urban population 80% 53rd of 210 2025 Mobile subscriptions 116 100th of 208 2024 CO₂ per person 3.5 t 93rd of 203 2024 Renewable electricity 23.1% 120th of 201 2025 Air pollution (PM2.5) 18.3 µg/m³ 93rd of 213 2024 Homicide rate 24.9 per 100k 14th of 160 2023 Road deaths 12 per 100k 100th of 193 2021 Average temperature 21.4°C 103rd of 187 2016–2025 avg Rainfall 788 mm 120th of 187 2016–2025 avg Nobel laureates per 10 million people 0.2 64th of 160 2025 Railway network 23,389 km 10th of 133 2017 Air passengers per resident 0.6 55th of 165 2023 Tourists per resident 0.34 90th of 179 2024 Official languages 1 87th of 213 2026 Price level (US = 100) 54% 75th of 198 2025
World twins The countries most like Mexico across 12 indicators (GDP/person, Life exp., Median age, Fertility, Urban, Internet, Schooling, CO₂/person, Density, Temperature, Happiness, Obesity). Each indicator is standardised and compared by average distance; a resemblance, not a score.
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