Total & land area: Luxembourg vs Mexico size comparison

Mexico is 763 times bigger by total area compared to Luxembourg: 761,606 sq mi vs 999 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Mexico is 750,563 sq mi vs 994 sq mi for Luxembourg — a 755 times difference in territory size.

Luxembourg ranks 169/197 by total surface area vs 13/197 for Mexico.
Luxembourg occupies 0.002% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 1.31% for Mexico.
51.7% of Luxembourg's area is agricultural land vs 50.7% in Mexico.
Luxembourg has 0.003% of the world's agricultural land area — Mexico has 2.06%.
34.5% of Luxembourg is covered by forests, compared to 33.6% in Mexico.
0.002% of the world's forests are in Luxembourg, and 1.62% are in Mexico.

True size map comparison: Luxembourg vs Mexico

See how Luxembourg and Mexico compare in true size on the map. Drag the outlines to different latitudes to see how the Mercator projection affects their apparent size.

Total size and land area comparison

	Luxembourg	Mexico
Total area	999 sq mi	761,606 sq mi
Size difference ratio	1	763
Total area rank	169/197	13/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.0005%	0.39%
Land area	994 sq mi	750,563 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	1	755
Land area rank	169/197	13/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.002%	1.31%
Population	677,012	130,861,007
Population density	696 ppl/mi²	177.3 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Luxembourg	Mexico
Forest area	342 sq mi	252,159 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	34.5%	33.6%
Forest area rank	160/196	11/196
World's forests share	0.002%	1.62%
Agricultural land area	514 sq mi	380,486 sq mi
Agricultural land share	51.7%	50.7%
Agricultural land area rank	160/194	12/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.003%	2.06%
Arable land	236.8 sq mi	77,312 sq mi
Arable land share	23.8%	10.3%
Arable land area rank	155/191	15/191
Permanent cropland	5.99 sq mi	17,074 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	0.6%	2.27%
Permanent cropland area rank	179/192	12/192
Water area	4.59 sq mi	11,043 sq mi
Water as share of total area	0.46%	1.45%
Water area rank	146/197	19/197
Roads length	1,786 mi	519,841 mi
Land borders length	203.2 mi	2,727 mi
Coastline length	0 mi	5,797 mi
Share of marine protected waters	n/a	22.6%

Luxembourg vs Mexico size on the map

Data sources: World Bank | Agriculture & Rural Development (2026, retrieved 2026-04-06).

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The map above outlines the borders of Luxembourg and Mexico but is not accurate for size comparison because it's a 2d map with Mercator projection that distorts territories near the poles. The farther a country is from the equator, the more magnified it appears. More about country size projections.