Country size comparison

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Mexico is around the same size as Libya.

Libya is approximately 1,759,540 sq km, while Mexico is approximately 1,964,375 sq km, making Mexico 12% larger than Libya. Meanwhile, the population of Libya is ~7.1 million people (122.0 million more people live in Mexico).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Libya vs. Mexico uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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