Total & land area: Mexico vs Norway size comparison [2026]

Mexico is 5.12 times bigger by total area compared to Norway: 761,606 sq mi vs 148,729 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Mexico is 750,563 sq mi vs 140,645 sq mi for Norway — a 5.34 times difference in territory size.

Mexico ranks 13/197 by total surface area vs 61/197 for Norway.
Mexico occupies 1.31% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.24% for Norway.
50.7% of Mexico's area is agricultural land vs 2.7% in Norway.
Mexico has 2.06% of the world's agricultural land area — Norway has 0.02%.
33.6% of Mexico is covered by forests, compared to 33.5% in Norway.
1.62% of the world's forests are in Mexico, and 0.3% are in Norway.

True size map comparison: Mexico vs Norway

See how Mexico and Norway 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	Norway
Total area	761,606 sq mi	148,729 sq mi
Size difference ratio	5.12	1
Total area rank	13/197	61/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.39%	0.08%
Land area	750,563 sq mi	140,645 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	5.34	1
Land area rank	13/197	62/197
Share of all countries' land area	1.31%	0.24%
Population	130,861,007	5,572,279
Population density	177.3 ppl/mi²	40.3 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Mexico	Norway
Forest area	252,159 sq mi	47,118 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	33.6%	33.5%
Forest area rank	11/196	50/196
World's forests share	1.62%	0.3%
Agricultural land area	380,486 sq mi	3,792 sq mi
Agricultural land share	50.7%	2.7%
Agricultural land area rank	12/194	141/194
Share of global agricultural land	2.06%	0.02%
Arable land	77,312 sq mi	3,100 sq mi
Arable land share	10.3%	2.2%
Arable land area rank	15/191	114/191
Permanent cropland	17,074 sq mi	11.6 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	2.27%	0.008%
Permanent cropland area rank	12/192	169/192
Water area	11,043 sq mi	8,084 sq mi
Water as share of total area	1.45%	5.44%
Water area rank	19/197	27/197
Roads length	519,841 mi	60,737 mi
Land borders length	2,727 mi	1,594 mi
Coastline length	5,797 mi	15,626 mi
Share of marine protected waters	22.6%	1%

Mexico vs Norway 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 Norway 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.