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🇩🇪 Germany vs 🇲🇽 Mexico

Mexico has 48.5M more people — 131,946,900 against 83,491,249. Below, 35 indicators both countries publish, side by side.

🇩🇪 Germany
83,491,249
Europe · rank #19 · −0.03%
World Bank, 2025
🇲🇽 Mexico
131,946,900
North America · rank #11 · +0.83%
World Bank, 2025

Every Shared Indicator

35 indicators published for both countries. Ranks are out of the countries that report each indicator.

Values are each country's most recent published observation, so the two sides of a row may be from different years — the country pages show the year for each.
IndicatorGermanyMexico
Population83,491,24919th of 240131,946,90011th of 240
Annual Growth Rate−0.03%190th of 240+0.83%119th of 240
Population Density/km²238/km²63rd of 24067/km²148th of 240
Land Areakm²349,430 km²64th of 2401,943,950 km²13th of 240
Urban Population82.1%60th of 24080.0%66th of 240
GDP per Capita$60,49625th of 240$13,889109th of 240
GDP Growth+0.2%190th of 210+0.6%184th of 210
Life Expectancyyears80.8 years56th of 24075.3 years123rd of 240
Fertility Ratebirths per woman1.36 births per woman205th of 2401.89 births per woman120th of 240
Birth Rateper 1,0008.1 per 1,000185th of 21315.5 per 1,000102nd of 213
Death Rateper 1,00012.1 per 1,00016th of 2136.2 per 1,000148th of 213
Infant Mortalityper 1,000 live births3.1 per 1,000 live births166th of 19412.1 per 1,000 live births100th of 194
Unemployment Rate3.7%124th of 1862.7%159th of 186
Inflation Rate2.2%124th of 1913.8%72nd of 191
Poverty Rate14.8%124th of 16429.6%55th of 164
Gini Index33.7101st of 17042.631st of 170
Health Spendingof GDP12.3% of GDP9th of 1925.5% of GDP117th of 192
Physiciansper 1,0004.53 per 1,00015th of 2062.59 per 1,00074th of 206
Hospital Bedsper 1,0007.55 per 1,00010th of 1991.01 per 1,000155th of 199
Literacy Rate99.0%29th of 17595.6%81st of 175
Education Spendingof GDP5.2% of GDP54th of 2024.1% of GDP107th of 202
School Enrollmentgross, secondary100.2% gross, secondary63rd of 207103.1% gross, secondary49th of 207
Renewable Energyof final consumption17.6% of final consumption115th of 21113.0% of final consumption127th of 211
Forest Coverageof land area32.7% of land area100th of 21133.6% of land area96th of 211
Internet Penetration93.5%42nd of 21183.1%93rd of 211
Mobile Subscriptionsper 100 people129.2 per 100 people61st of 212116.5 per 100 people101st of 212
Maternal Mortalityper 100,000 live births4 per 100,000 live births172nd of 19342 per 100,000 live births99th of 193
Military Spendingof GDP1.89% of GDP74th of 1630.89% of GDP132nd of 163
Protected Areasof land area39.2% of land area18th of 21115.3% of land area123rd of 211
Median Ageyears45.5 years20th of 24029.6 years141st of 240
Mean Years of Schoolingyears13.1 years6th of 14810.2 years64th of 148
Human Development Index0.9595th of 1920.78980th of 192
Happiness Index/ 106.88/ 1017th of 1646.97/ 1013th of 164
CO₂ Emissionstonnes per capita6.77 tonnes per capita43rd of 2123.52 tonnes per capita100th of 212
Obesity Rate24.5%99th of 19837.4%30th of 198

Population, 1950–2100

Observed to 2024, then the UN medium-variant projection.

GermanyMexico
020M40M60M80M100M120M140M19501971199320142036205720792100projected →
Source: UN World Population Prospects 2024. Values from 2025 onward are projections, not observations.
Germany and Mexico population, 1950 to 2100
SeriesYearValue
Germany195069.8M
Germany197578.7M
Germany200081.8M
Germany202584.1M
Germany205078.3M
Germany207572.8M
Germany210070.9M
Mexico195027.6M
Mexico197559M
Mexico200098.6M
Mexico2025131.9M
Mexico2050148.9M
Mexico2075146.2M
Mexico2100130.2M

Reading This Comparison

Size is not the same as rate

Totals and per-capita measures answer different questions. A country can have a far larger economy and a far lower GDP per capita at the same time — both facts are in the table.

Mind the vintages

Each value is the latest available for that country, which is not always the same year on both sides. For indicators that move slowly this rarely matters; for inflation or GDP growth it can.

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