State size comparison
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New Mexico is about 1.2 times bigger than Colorado.
Colorado is approximately 268,627 sq km, while New Mexico is approximately 314,310 sq km, making New Mexico 17% larger than Colorado. Meanwhile, the population of Colorado is ~5.0 million people (3.0 million fewer people live in New Mexico).
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