Mexico is 1.25× the size of Mongolia

Mexico covers about 1,958,000 km² (756,000 mi²) and Mongolia about 1,565,000 km² (604,000 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

1,958,000km²Mexico
1,565,000km²Mongolia

500 km

Mexico
Mongolia

What fits

Mongolia is 80% of the size of Mexico.
Mexico is larger by 393,000 km² (152,000 mi²), which is 25% of the area of Mongolia.
Measured in Belgiums: Mexico is about 63.8, Mongolia about 51.0.

How they differ

Mexico also has the larger population: 132.3 million against 3.4 million, 38.8× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 68 in Mexico against 2.2 in Mongolia: Mexico is 31.0× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 11,700 km apart.
On a standard web map Mongolia looks larger than Mexico: Mexico at 24°N is drawn about 1.2× too large and Mongolia at 47°N about 2.1×, so the map shows Mongolia as 1.43× the size of Mexico, when Mexico is 1.25× the size of Mongolia.
Together Mexico and Mongolia cover 3,523,000 km², close to the size of India (3,151,000 km², 11% smaller).
The gap between them, 393,000 km², is about the size of Zimbabwe (389,000 km²).
At Mongolia's density, Mexico would have 4.3 million people (it has 132.3 million). At Mexico's density, Mongolia would have 105.7 million (it has 3.4 million).
Mongolia's centre is 23.0° of latitude, about 2,560 km, farther north than Mexico's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Mexico	1.25×
More people	Mexico	38.8×
More crowded	Mexico	31.0×
Farther north	Mongolia	23.0° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Mongolia	2.1× against 1.2×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Mexico	Mongolia
Belgium 30,700 km²	63.8×	51.0×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	8.03×	6.42×
Germany 358,000 km²	5.47×	4.37×
Japan 374,000 km²	5.24×	4.19×
France 548,000 km²	3.57×	2.86×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.62×	0.50×
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	0.23×	0.18×
United States 9,447,000 km²	0.21×	0.17×
Russia 16,980,000 km²	0.12×	0.09×

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

Side by side

	Mexico	Mongolia
Area, main territory	1,958,000 km²756,000 mi²	1,565,000 km²604,000 mi²
Population	132.3 millionWikidata, 2024	3.4 millionWikidata, 2021
Density	68 per km²	2.2 per km²
Official area	1,961,000 km²Wikidata	1,564,000 km²Wikidata
Capital	Mexico City	Ulaanbaatar
Latitude range	15°N to 33°N	42°N to 52°N
Continent	North America	Asia

Population: Wikidata 2024 and Wikidata 2021, 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 1,564,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 1,565,000 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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