Country size comparison
compared to
Mexico is about 5 times smaller than United States.
United States is approximately 9,833,517 sq km, while Mexico is approximately 1,964,375 sq km, making Mexico 19.98% the size of United States. Meanwhile, the population of United States is ~337.3 million people (208.2 million fewer people live in Mexico).
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