Mexico vs Afghanistan

Mexico has a live population of about 133,306,277 (#11 in the world) and Afghanistan about 45,400,503 (#36), so Mexico has 2.9 times as many people as Afghanistan. Mexico is growing at 0.8% a year and Afghanistan at 2.7%.

By area Mexico is larger: 1,957,194 km² against 652,870 km², which gives population densities of 68.1 people per km² in Mexico and 69.5 in Afghanistan.

Mexico's economy is worth $1.83T (2025) and Afghanistan's $17.78B (2024); per person that is $13,889 in Mexico versus $417 in Afghanistan, so the average Mexico resident produces 33.3 times as much.

Life expectancy is 75.3 years in Mexico and 66.3 in Afghanistan; women have 1.9 children on average in Mexico compared with 4.8 in Afghanistan; the median age is 30 versus 17.4 years.

80% of Mexico's people live in cities against 25.9% in Afghanistan; 83.1% use the internet in Mexico and 16.1% in Afghanistan; CO₂ emissions per person are 3.6 t in Mexico and 0.3 t in Afghanistan.