Country comparison
Spain vs Mexico
Mexico is 3.9× the size of Spain. Mexico has 2.7× the population of Spain. Spain has 2.8× the GDP per capita of Mexico.
Side by side
| Spain | Category | Mexico |
|---|---|---|
| 505,981 km² | Area (2024) Mexico: 3.9× more World Bank (CC BY 4.0) | 1,957,194 km² more |
| 49.4 million | Population (2025) Mexico: 2.7× more World Bank (CC BY 4.0) | 132 million more |
| 98 people/km² | Population density (2024) Spain: 1.5× more World Bank (CC BY 4.0) | 67 people/km² |
| US$ 38,627 more | GDP per capita (2025) Spain: 2.8× more World Bank (CC BY 4.0) | US$ 13,889 |
| 83.9 years more | Life expectancy (2024) Spain: 1.1× more World Bank (CC BY 4.0) | 75.3 years |
| 96% more | Internet users (2024) Spain: 1.2× more World Bank (CC BY 4.0) | 83% |
| 44.9 years | Median age (2023) Spain: 1.6× more Our World in Data (CC BY 4.0) | 28.9 years |
| 1.1 births per woman | Fertility rate (2024) Mexico: 1.7× more World Bank (CC BY 4.0) | 1.89 births per woman |
| 4.5 t | CO₂ emissions per capita (2024) Spain: 1.2× more World Bank (CC BY 4.0) | 3.6 t less |
| 141 more | Castles, fortresses and palaces Spain: 35× more Wikidata (CC0 1.0) | 4 |
| 2 | Ghost stories Mexico: 4× more | 8 |
| 2 | UFO cases Mexico: 1.5× more | 3 |
| 43 | VPN providers with servers in the country Spain: 1.1× more VPN Map (Ominuvo) (CC BY 4.0) | 38 |
| Spanish | Official languages Shared language: Spanish Unicode CLDR (Unicode License v3) | Spanish |
| euro (EUR) | Currency ISO 4217 | Mexican peso (MXN) |
| Type C, F · 230 V | Plugs and voltage No shared plug type · different voltage | Type A, B · 127 V |
| UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer | Time zone of the capital Time difference: 7 h IANA tz database (public domain) | UTC−6 |
Values link to the country pages in the Ominuvo series maps. Area: World Bank data (indicator AG.SRF.TOTL.K2: land and inland water, source FAO, CC BY 4.0); “approx.” – no such data for the country: area of the map outline (Natural Earth 1:50m), accurate to about 3%.
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Source: World Bank – Surface area (AG.SRF.TOTL.K2), FAO (CC BY 4.0), World Bank – WDI: UN World Population Prospects (CC BY 4.0), World Bank – FAO population estimates, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (CC BY 4.0), World Bank – Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks (CC BY 4.0), World Bank – World Population Prospects, United Nations (CC BY 4.0), World Bank – World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union… (CC BY 4.0), Our World in Data – UN, World Population Prospects (CC BY 4.0), World Bank – EDGAR (Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research) Community GHG Database, Joint… (CC BY 4.0), Wikidata (CC0 1.0), VPN Map (Ominuvo) (CC BY 4.0), Unicode CLDR (Unicode License v3), ISO 4217, IANA tz database (public domain), Natural Earth (public domain). Data from the Ominuvo series maps (index of 2026-11-01); details and licences on the map pages.