Mexico is 1.74× the size of Ethiopia

Mexico covers about 1,958,000 km² (756,000 mi²) and Ethiopia about 1,127,000 km² (435,000 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

1,958,000km²Mexico
1,127,000km²Ethiopia

500 km

Mexico
Ethiopia

What fits

Ethiopia is 58% of the size of Mexico.
Mexico is larger by 830,000 km² (321,000 mi²), which is 74% of the area of Ethiopia.
Measured in Belgiums: Mexico is about 63.8, Ethiopia about 36.8.

How they differ

Mexico also has the larger population: 132.3 million against 128.7 million, 1.03× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 114 in Ethiopia against 68 in Mexico: Ethiopia is 1.69× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 14,500 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Mexico at 24°N is drawn about 1.2× too large and Ethiopia at 9°N about 1.0×, so the map shows Mexico as 2.03× the size of Ethiopia instead of 1.74×.
Together Mexico and Ethiopia cover 3,085,000 km², close to the size of India (3,151,000 km², 2.1% bigger).
The gap between them, 830,000 km², is about the size of Namibia (823,000 km²).
At Ethiopia's density, Mexico would have 223.5 million people (it has 132.3 million). At Mexico's density, Ethiopia would have 76.2 million (it has 128.7 million).
Mexico's centre is 15.3° of latitude, about 1,700 km, farther north than Ethiopia's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Mexico	1.74×
More people	Mexico	1.03×
More crowded	Ethiopia	1.69×
Farther north	Mexico	15.3° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Mexico	1.2× against 1.0×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Mexico	Ethiopia
Belgium 30,700 km²	63.8×	36.8×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	8.03×	4.62×
Germany 358,000 km²	5.47×	3.15×
Japan 374,000 km²	5.24×	3.02×
France 548,000 km²	3.57×	2.06×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.62×	0.36×
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	0.23×	0.13×
United States 9,447,000 km²	0.21×	0.12×
Russia 16,980,000 km²	0.12×	0.07×

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

Side by side

	Mexico	Ethiopia
Area, main territory	1,958,000 km²756,000 mi²	1,127,000 km²435,000 mi²
Population	132.3 millionWikidata, 2024	128.7 millionWikidata, 2023
Density	68 per km²	114 per km²
Official area	1,961,000 km²Wikidata	1,104,000 km²Wikidata
Capital	Mexico City	Addis Ababa
Latitude range	15°N to 33°N	3°N to 15°N
Continent	North America	Africa

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

Wikidata's official figure of 1,961,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 1,958,000 km², to within 2%.
Our measured 1,127,000 km² is 2.1% above Wikidata's official figure of 1,104,000 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.

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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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