Country size comparison

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Russia is about 9 times bigger than Mexico.

Mexico is approximately 1,964,375 sq km, while Russia is approximately 17,098,242 sq km, making Russia 770% larger than Mexico. Meanwhile, the population of Mexico is ~131.9 million people (11.6 million more people live in Russia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Mexico vs. Russia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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