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🇲🇽 Mexico vs 🇺🇸 United States

United States has 209.8M more people — 341,784,857 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
🇺🇸 United States
341,784,857
North America · rank #3 · +0.52%
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.
IndicatorMexicoUnited States
Population131,946,90011th of 240341,784,8573rd of 240
Annual Growth Rate+0.83%119th of 240+0.52%143rd of 240
Population Density/km²67/km²148th of 24037/km²180th of 240
Land Areakm²1,943,950 km²13th of 2409,147,420 km²3rd of 240
Urban Population80.0%66th of 24080.2%65th of 240
GDP per Capita$13,889109th of 240$90,02712th of 240
GDP Growth+0.6%184th of 210+2.2%136th of 210
Life Expectancyyears75.3 years123rd of 24078.9 years75th of 240
Fertility Ratebirths per woman1.89 births per woman120th of 2401.63 births per woman148th of 240
Birth Rateper 1,00015.5 per 1,000102nd of 21310.6 per 1,000143rd of 213
Death Rateper 1,0006.2 per 1,000148th of 2139.0 per 1,00060th of 213
Infant Mortalityper 1,000 live births12.1 per 1,000 live births100th of 1945.5 per 1,000 live births141st of 194
Unemployment Rate2.7%159th of 1864.2%117th of 186
Inflation Rate3.8%72nd of 1913.0%96th of 191
Poverty Rate29.6%55th of 16411.4%141st of 164
Gini Index42.631st of 17041.836th of 170
Health Spendingof GDP5.5% of GDP117th of 19216.7% of GDP3rd of 192
Physiciansper 1,0002.59 per 1,00074th of 2063.68 per 1,00039th of 206
Hospital Bedsper 1,0001.01 per 1,000155th of 1992.68 per 1,00084th of 199
Literacy Rate95.6%81st of 17599.0%29th of 175
Education Spendingof GDP4.1% of GDP107th of 2025.4% of GDP43rd of 202
School Enrollmentgross, secondary103.1% gross, secondary49th of 20797.5% gross, secondary74th of 207
Renewable Energyof final consumption13.0% of final consumption127th of 21110.9% of final consumption142nd of 211
Forest Coverageof land area33.6% of land area96th of 21133.9% of land area95th of 211
Internet Penetration83.1%93rd of 21194.7%31st of 211
Mobile Subscriptionsper 100 people116.5 per 100 people101st of 212113.2 per 100 people110th of 212
Maternal Mortalityper 100,000 live births42 per 100,000 live births99th of 19317 per 100,000 live births127th of 193
Military Spendingof GDP0.89% of GDP132nd of 1633.42% of GDP24th of 163
Protected Areasof land area15.3% of land area123rd of 21112.9% of land area140th of 211
Median Ageyears29.6 years141st of 24038.5 years79th of 240
Mean Years of Schoolingyears10.2 years64th of 14813.3 years4th of 148
Human Development Index0.78980th of 1920.93817th of 192
Happiness Index/ 106.97/ 1013th of 1646.82/ 1023rd of 164
CO₂ Emissionstonnes per capita3.52 tonnes per capita100th of 21214.20 tonnes per capita12th of 212
Obesity Rate37.4%30th of 19841.8%18th of 198

Population, 1950–2100

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

MexicoUnited States
0100M200M300M400M19501971199320142036205720792100projected →
Source: UN World Population Prospects 2024. Values from 2025 onward are projections, not observations.
Mexico and United States population, 1950 to 2100
SeriesYearValue
Mexico195027.6M
Mexico197559M
Mexico200098.6M
Mexico2025131.9M
Mexico2050148.9M
Mexico2075146.2M
Mexico2100130.2M
United States1950154.2M
United States1975219.1M
United States2000281.5M
United States2025347.3M
United States2050380.8M
United States2075402.9M
United States2100421.3M

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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