Mexico vs South Korea

Mexico has a live population of about 133,306,654 (#11 in the world) and South Korea about 51,580,014 (#31), so Mexico has 2.6 times as many people as South Korea. Mexico is growing at 0.8% a year and South Korea at -0.1%.

By area Mexico is larger: 1,957,194 km² against 100,450 km², which gives population densities of 68.1 people per km² in Mexico and 513.5 in South Korea.

Mexico's economy is worth $1.83T (2025) and South Korea's $1.87T (2025); per person that is $13,889 in Mexico versus $36,227 in South Korea, so the average South Korea resident produces 2.6 times as much.

Life expectancy is 75.3 years in Mexico and 83.6 in South Korea; women have 1.9 children on average in Mexico compared with 0.7 in South Korea; the median age is 30 versus 46.2 years.

80% of Mexico's people live in cities against 81.2% in South Korea; 83.1% use the internet in Mexico and 97.9% in South Korea; CO₂ emissions per person are 3.6 t in Mexico and 11.4 t in South Korea.