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

Mexico is 21.4 times bigger by total area compared to Portugal: 761,606 sq mi vs 35,608 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Mexico is 750,563 sq mi vs 35,369 sq mi for Portugal — a 21.2 times difference in territory size.

Mexico ranks 13/197 by total surface area vs 109/197 for Portugal.
Mexico occupies 1.31% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.06% for Portugal.
50.7% of Mexico's area is agricultural land vs 43.3% in Portugal.
Mexico has 2.06% of the world's agricultural land area — Portugal has 0.08%.
33.6% of Mexico is covered by forests, compared to 36.2% in Portugal.
1.62% of the world's forests are in Mexico, and 0.08% are in Portugal.

True size map comparison: Mexico vs Portugal

See how Mexico and Portugal 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	Portugal
Total area	761,606 sq mi	35,608 sq mi
Size difference ratio	21.4	1
Total area rank	13/197	109/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.39%	0.02%
Land area	750,563 sq mi	35,369 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	21.2	1
Land area rank	13/197	108/197
Share of all countries' land area	1.31%	0.06%
Population	130,861,007	10,694,681
Population density	177.3 ppl/mi²	302 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Mexico	Portugal
Forest area	252,159 sq mi	12,788 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	33.6%	36.2%
Forest area rank	11/196	86/196
World's forests share	1.62%	0.08%
Agricultural land area	380,486 sq mi	15,328 sq mi
Agricultural land share	50.7%	43.3%
Agricultural land area rank	12/194	95/194
Share of global agricultural land	2.06%	0.08%
Arable land	77,312 sq mi	3,580 sq mi
Arable land share	10.3%	10.1%
Arable land area rank	15/191	110/191
Permanent cropland	17,074 sq mi	3,400 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	2.27%	9.61%
Permanent cropland area rank	12/192	41/192
Water area	11,043 sq mi	239.2 sq mi
Water as share of total area	1.45%	0.67%
Water area rank	19/197	111/197
Roads length	519,841 mi	n/a
Land borders length	2,727 mi	761 mi
Coastline length	5,797 mi	1,114 mi
Share of marine protected waters	22.6%	16.8%

Mexico vs Portugal 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 Portugal 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.