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

Mexico is 78,463 times bigger by total area compared to Tuvalu: 761,606 sq mi vs 9.71 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Mexico is 750,563 sq mi vs 11.6 sq mi for Tuvalu — a 64,798 times difference in territory size.

Mexico ranks 13/197 by total surface area vs 194/197 for Tuvalu.
Mexico occupies 1.31% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.00002% for Tuvalu.
50.7% of Mexico's area is agricultural land vs 60% in Tuvalu.
Mexico has 2.06% of the world's agricultural land area — Tuvalu has 0.00004%.
33.6% of Mexico is covered by forests, compared to 33.3% in Tuvalu.
1.62% of the world's forests are in Mexico, and 0.00002% are in Tuvalu.

True size map comparison: Mexico vs Tuvalu

See how Mexico and Tuvalu 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	Tuvalu
Total area	761,606 sq mi	9.71 sq mi
Size difference ratio	78,463	1
Total area rank	13/197	194/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.39%	0.000005%
Land area	750,563 sq mi	11.6 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	64,798	1
Land area rank	13/197	194/197
Share of all countries' land area	1.31%	0.00002%
Population	130,861,007	9,646
Population density	177.3 ppl/mi²	806 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Mexico	Tuvalu
Forest area	252,159 sq mi	3.86 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	33.6%	33.3%
Forest area rank	11/196	189/196
World's forests share	1.62%	0.00002%
Agricultural land area	380,486 sq mi	6.95 sq mi
Agricultural land share	50.7%	60%
Agricultural land area rank	12/194	191/194
Share of global agricultural land	2.06%	0.00004%
Arable land	77,312 sq mi	n/a
Arable land share	10.3%	n/a
Arable land area rank	15/191	n/a
Permanent cropland	17,074 sq mi	6.95 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	2.27%	60%
Permanent cropland area rank	12/192	178/192
Water area	11,043 sq mi	0 sq mi
Water as share of total area	1.45%	0%
Water area rank	19/197	195/197
Roads length	519,841 mi	4.97 mi
Land borders length	2,727 mi	0 mi
Coastline length	5,797 mi	14.9 mi
Share of marine protected waters	22.6%	0%

Mexico vs Tuvalu 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 Tuvalu 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.