How big is Mexico really?

True size vs the map

Both drawn at the same scale. The map keeps shapes but swells everything away from the equator.

Mexico in numbers

• Mexico is the 14th largest of the 196 countries and territories in Globegami.
• Countries of about the same true size: Indonesia (1,904,570 km²), Sudan (1,840,687 km²), Saudi Arabia (2,149,690 km²).
• The United States is 5 times the size of Mexico.

Why the map gets Mexico wrong

Mexico lies around 24°N. A Mercator map stretches distances there by about 1.09 times in every direction, so areas come out roughly 1.2 times too big near its middle. Most web maps use this projection because it keeps angles and shapes right for navigation, not because it shows sizes fairly.

In Globegami you can drag a copy of Mexico anywhere on Earth: it keeps its true size and grows or shrinks on the map as it moves, and you can fold the map back into a globe.

Compare Mexico

• Greenland vs Mexico
• Mexico vs United States