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

Mexico is 10.7 times bigger by total area compared to Syria: 761,606 sq mi vs 71,498 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Mexico is 750,563 sq mi vs 70,900 sq mi for Syria — a 10.6 times difference in territory size.

Mexico ranks 13/197 by total surface area vs 87/197 for Syria.
Mexico occupies 1.31% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.12% for Syria.
50.7% of Mexico's area is agricultural land vs 74.1% in Syria.
Mexico has 2.06% of the world's agricultural land area — Syria has 0.29%.
33.6% of Mexico is covered by forests, compared to 2.84% in Syria.
1.62% of the world's forests are in Mexico, and 0.01% are in Syria.

True size map comparison: Mexico vs Syria

See how Mexico and Syria 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	Syria
Total area	761,606 sq mi	71,498 sq mi
Size difference ratio	10.7	1
Total area rank	13/197	87/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.39%	0.04%
Land area	750,563 sq mi	70,900 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	10.6	1
Land area rank	13/197	87/197
Share of all countries' land area	1.31%	0.12%
Population	130,861,007	24,672,760
Population density	177.3 ppl/mi²	375 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Mexico	Syria
Forest area	252,159 sq mi	2,016 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	33.6%	2.84%
Forest area rank	11/196	138/196
World's forests share	1.62%	0.01%
Agricultural land area	380,486 sq mi	52,533 sq mi
Agricultural land share	50.7%	74.1%
Agricultural land area rank	12/194	61/194
Share of global agricultural land	2.06%	0.29%
Arable land	77,312 sq mi	16,988 sq mi
Arable land share	10.3%	24%
Arable land area rank	15/191	53/191
Permanent cropland	17,074 sq mi	4,027 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	2.27%	5.68%
Permanent cropland area rank	12/192	34/192
Water area	11,043 sq mi	598 sq mi
Water as share of total area	1.45%	0.84%
Water area rank	19/197	101/197
Roads length	519,841 mi	n/a
Land borders length	2,727 mi	1,468 mi
Coastline length	5,797 mi	119.9 mi
Share of marine protected waters	22.6%	0.2%

Mexico vs Syria size on the map

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

GeoRank.org/size/mexico/syria | CC BY

The map above outlines the borders of Mexico and Syria 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.