Country size comparison
compared to
New Mexico is about 6 times smaller than Mexico.
Mexico is approximately 1,964,375 sq km, while New Mexico is approximately 314,310 sq km, making New Mexico 16.0% the size of Mexico. Meanwhile, the population of Mexico is ~129.2 million people (127.1 million fewer people live in New Mexico).
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