Country size comparison
compared to
New Mexico is about 25 times smaller than Australia.
Australia is approximately 7,741,220 sq km, while New Mexico is approximately 314,310 sq km, making New Mexico 4.06% the size of Australia. Meanwhile, the population of Australia is ~26.1 million people (24.1 million fewer people live in New Mexico).
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