Mexico is 1.21× the size of Iran

Mexico covers about 1,958,000 km² (756,000 mi²) and Iran about 1,623,000 km² (626,000 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

1,958,000km²Mexico
1,623,000km²Iran

500 km

Mexico
Iran

What fits

Iran is 83% of the size of Mexico.
Mexico is larger by 335,000 km² (129,000 mi²), which is 21% of the area of Iran.
Measured in Belgiums: Mexico is about 63.8, Iran about 52.9.

How they differ

Mexico also has the larger population: 132.3 million against 92.4 million, 1.43× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 68 in Mexico against 57 in Iran: Mexico is 1.19× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 13,300 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Mexico at 24°N is drawn about 1.2× too large and Iran at 33°N about 1.4×, so the map shows Mexico as 1.03× the size of Iran instead of 1.21×.
Together Mexico and Iran cover 3,580,000 km², close to the size of India (3,151,000 km², 12% smaller).
The gap between them, 335,000 km², is about the size of Finland (333,000 km²).
At Iran's density, Mexico would have 111.5 million people (it has 132.3 million). At Mexico's density, Iran would have 109.6 million (it has 92.4 million).
Iran's centre is 8.6° of latitude, about 960 km, farther north than Mexico's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Mexico	1.21×
More people	Mexico	1.43×
More crowded	Mexico	1.19×
Farther north	Iran	8.6° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Iran	1.4× against 1.2×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Mexico	Iran
Belgium 30,700 km²	63.8×	52.9×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	8.03×	6.66×
Germany 358,000 km²	5.47×	4.54×
Japan 374,000 km²	5.24×	4.34×
France 548,000 km²	3.57×	2.96×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.62×	0.51×
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	0.23×	0.19×
United States 9,447,000 km²	0.21×	0.17×
Russia 16,980,000 km²	0.12×	0.10×

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

Side by side

	Mexico	Iran
Area, main territory	1,958,000 km²756,000 mi²	1,623,000 km²626,000 mi²
Population	132.3 millionWikidata, 2024	92.4 millionWikidata, 2025
Density	68 per km²	57 per km²
Official area	1,961,000 km²Wikidata	1,648,000 km²Wikidata
Capital	Mexico City	Tehran
Latitude range	15°N to 33°N	25°N to 40°N
Continent	North America	Asia

Population: Wikidata 2024 and Wikidata 2025, 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%.
Wikidata's official figure of 1,648,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 1,623,000 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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