Mexico vs United States: which is bigger?
The United States is bigger: 9,826,675 km² against 1,964,375 km², about 5 times the size of Mexico.
Drop Mexico onto the United States →Side by side at true size
Both drawn at the same scale on an equal-area projection.
And on the usual world map
On the usual world map the United States looks 9.5 times bigger, not 5: the map inflates Mexico about 1.21 times and the United States 2.3 times.
In numbers
- Mexico: 1,964,375 km² (758,000 sq mi), 14th largest, around 24°N
- United States: 9,826,675 km² (3,790,000 sq mi), 3rd largest, around 40°N
- Mexico would fit into the United States about 5 times.
Areas: official totals including inland water (UN Statistics Division via Wikidata). Outlines: Natural Earth. How Globegami works