Total & land area: Mexico vs N. Korea size comparison [2026]

Mexico is 16.4 times bigger by total area compared to North Korea: 761,606 sq mi vs 46,541 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Mexico is 750,563 sq mi vs 46,491 sq mi for North Korea — a 16.1 times difference in territory size.

Mexico ranks 13/197 by total surface area vs 96/197 for North Korea.
Mexico occupies 1.31% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.08% for North Korea.
50.7% of Mexico's area is agricultural land vs 21.6% in North Korea.
Mexico has 2.06% of the world's agricultural land area — N. Korea has 0.05%.
33.6% of Mexico is covered by forests, compared to 49.6% in N. Korea.
1.62% of the world's forests are in Mexico, and 0.15% are in North Korea.

True size map comparison: Mexico vs North Korea

See how Mexico and North Korea 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

	Mexico	North Korea
Total area	761,606 sq mi	46,541 sq mi
Size difference ratio	16.4	1
Total area rank	13/197	96/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.39%	0.02%
Land area	750,563 sq mi	46,491 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	16.1	1
Land area rank	13/197	97/197
Share of all countries' land area	1.31%	0.08%
Population	130,861,007	26,498,823
Population density	177.3 ppl/mi²	573 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Mexico	North Korea
Forest area	252,159 sq mi	23,036 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	33.6%	49.6%
Forest area rank	11/196	70/196
World's forests share	1.62%	0.15%
Agricultural land area	380,486 sq mi	10,021 sq mi
Agricultural land share	50.7%	21.6%
Agricultural land area rank	12/194	109/194
Share of global agricultural land	2.06%	0.05%
Arable land	77,312 sq mi	8,861 sq mi
Arable land share	10.3%	19.1%
Arable land area rank	15/191	79/191
Permanent cropland	17,074 sq mi	966 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	2.27%	2.08%
Permanent cropland area rank	12/192	77/192
Water area	11,043 sq mi	50.2 sq mi
Water as share of total area	1.45%	0.11%
Water area rank	19/197	137/197
Roads length	519,841 mi	15,879 mi
Land borders length	2,727 mi	999 mi
Coastline length	5,797 mi	1,550 mi
Share of marine protected waters	22.6%	0%

Mexico vs North Korea 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 Mexico and North Korea 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.