Greenland is 1.10× the size of Mexico

Greenland covers about 2,154,000 km² (832,000 mi²) and Mexico about 1,958,000 km² (756,000 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

2,154,000km²Greenland
1,958,000km²Mexico

500 km

Greenland
Mexico

What fits

Mexico is 91% of the size of Greenland.
Greenland is larger by 197,000 km² (75,900 mi²), which is 10% of the area of Mexico.
Measured in Belgiums: Greenland is about 70.2, Mexico about 63.8.

How they differ

Greenland is larger, but Mexico has the larger population: 132.3 million against 57,000, 2,337× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 68 in Mexico against 0.0 in Greenland: Mexico is 2,571× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 6,530 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Greenland at 73°N is drawn about 11.9× too large and Mexico at 24°N about 1.2×, so the map shows Greenland as 10.9× the size of Mexico instead of 1.10×.
Together Greenland and Mexico cover 4,112,000 km², close to the size of India (3,151,000 km², 23% smaller).
The gap between them, 197,000 km², is about the size of Senegal (196,000 km²).
At Mexico's density, Greenland would have 145.6 million people (it has 57,000). At Greenland's density, Mexico would have 51,000 (it has 132.3 million).
Greenland's centre is 49.2° of latitude, about 5,470 km, farther north than Mexico's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Greenland	1.10×
More people	Mexico	2,337×
More crowded	Mexico	2,571×
Farther north	Greenland	49.2° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Greenland	11.9× against 1.2×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Greenland	Mexico
Belgium 30,700 km²	70.2×	63.8×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	8.84×	8.03×
Germany 358,000 km²	6.02×	5.47×
Japan 374,000 km²	5.77×	5.24×
France 548,000 km²	3.93×	3.57×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.68×	0.62×
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	0.25×	0.23×
United States 9,447,000 km²	0.23×	0.21×
Russia 16,980,000 km²	0.13×	0.12×

Each figure is the place's area divided by the yardstick's.

Side by side

	Greenland	Mexico
Area, main territory	2,154,000 km²832,000 mi²	1,958,000 km²756,000 mi²
Population	57,000Wikidata, 2023	132.3 millionWikidata, 2024
Density	0.0 per km²	68 per km²
Official area	2,166,000 km²Wikidata	1,961,000 km²Wikidata
Capital	Nuuk	Mexico City
Latitude range	60°N to 84°N	15°N to 33°N
Continent	North America	North America

Population: Wikidata 2023 and Wikidata 2024, covering each whole country. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 2,166,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 2,154,000 km², to within 2%.
Wikidata's official figure of 1,961,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 1,958,000 km², to within 2%.

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Sources and method

Outlines: Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, public domain
Boundary: De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth. Main territory: the largest landmass and every part within 1,000 km of it.
Area: Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outlines, shown rounded. Comparisons use main-territory area.
Drawing: Each outline is projected with an equal-area projection centred on its own centroid, so areas stay true and the two can be laid over each other.
Data built: 2026-11-11

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