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🇲🇽 Mexico vs 🇷🇺 Russia

Russia has 11.6M more people — 143,513,328 against 131,946,900. Below, 35 indicators both countries publish, side by side.

🇲🇽 Mexico
131,946,900
North America · rank #11 · +0.83%
World Bank, 2025
🇷🇺 Russia
143,513,328
Europe · rank #9 · −0.11%
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.
IndicatorMexicoRussia
Population131,946,90011th of 240143,513,3289th of 240
Annual Growth Rate+0.83%119th of 240−0.11%198th of 240
Population Density/km²67/km²148th of 2409/km²221st of 240
Land Areakm²1,943,950 km²13th of 24016,376,870 km²1st of 240
Urban Population80.0%66th of 24075.3%86th of 240
GDP per Capita$13,889109th of 240$17,547100th of 240
GDP Growth+0.6%184th of 210+1.0%172nd of 210
Life Expectancyyears75.3 years123rd of 24073.4 years141st of 240
Fertility Ratebirths per woman1.89 births per woman120th of 2401.42 births per woman193rd of 240
Birth Rateper 1,00015.5 per 1,000102nd of 2138.4 per 1,000176th of 213
Death Rateper 1,0006.2 per 1,000148th of 21312.4 per 1,00015th of 213
Infant Mortalityper 1,000 live births12.1 per 1,000 live births100th of 1944.1 per 1,000 live births152nd of 194
Unemployment Rate2.7%159th of 1862.1%169th of 186
Inflation Rate3.8%72nd of 1918.7%29th of 191
Poverty Rate29.6%55th of 1647.2%149th of 164
Gini Index42.631st of 17033.0111th of 170
Health Spendingof GDP5.5% of GDP117th of 1927.0% of GDP85th of 192
Physiciansper 1,0002.59 per 1,00074th of 2065.11 per 1,0008th of 206
Hospital Bedsper 1,0001.01 per 1,000155th of 1996.81 per 1,00012th of 199
Literacy Rate95.6%81st of 17599.9%4th of 175
Education Spendingof GDP4.1% of GDP107th of 2024.2% of GDP100th of 202
School Enrollmentgross, secondary103.1% gross, secondary49th of 20792.5% gross, secondary95th of 207
Renewable Energyof final consumption13.0% of final consumption127th of 2113.5% of final consumption172nd of 211
Forest Coverageof land area33.6% of land area96th of 21149.8% of land area53rd of 211
Internet Penetration83.1%93rd of 21194.4%35th of 211
Mobile Subscriptionsper 100 people116.5 per 100 people101st of 212186.1 per 100 people9th of 212
Maternal Mortalityper 100,000 live births42 per 100,000 live births99th of 1939 per 100,000 live births150th of 193
Military Spendingof GDP0.89% of GDP132nd of 1637.05% of GDP6th of 163
Protected Areasof land area15.3% of land area123rd of 21111.5% of land area147th of 211
Median Ageyears29.6 years141st of 24040.3 years59th of 240
Mean Years of Schoolingyears10.2 years64th of 14811.6 years36th of 148
Human Development Index0.78980th of 1920.83263rd of 192
Happiness Index/ 106.97/ 1013th of 1645.83/ 1082nd of 164
CO₂ Emissionstonnes per capita3.52 tonnes per capita100th of 21212.30 tonnes per capita19th of 212
Obesity Rate37.4%30th of 19821.2%117th of 198

Population, 1950–2100

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

MexicoRussia
020M40M60M80M100M120M140M19501971199320142036205720792100projected →
Source: UN World Population Prospects 2024. Values from 2025 onward are projections, not observations.
Mexico and Russia population, 1950 to 2100
SeriesYearValue
Mexico195027.6M
Mexico197559M
Mexico200098.6M
Mexico2025131.9M
Mexico2050148.9M
Mexico2075146.2M
Mexico2100130.2M
Russia1950103.4M
Russia1975134.1M
Russia2000146.7M
Russia2025144M
Russia2050136.1M
Russia2075128.6M
Russia2100126.4M

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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