The following is a comparison between Canada and Mexico, two large countries in North America. Let’s read.
Canada vs Mexico – country comparison
Which country is bigger, Canada or Mexico?
Canada is a much bigger country. It is five times bigger than Mexico.
- Area of Canada – around 10 million square kilometers
- Area of Mexico – 1.964 million square kilometers
Which country is more populous, Canada or Mexico?
- Population of Canada – around 37 million (2021 census)
- Population of Mexico – 126 million (2020 census)
|Area||around 10 million square kilometers||1.964 million square kilometers|
|Population||around 37 million (2021 census)||126 million (2020 census)|
|Capital City||Ottawa||Mexico City|
|Largest City||Toronto||Mexico City|
|Most spoken language||English||Spanish|
|Most popular sport||Ice Hockey||Football (association football)|
|Life expectancy||82.7 (UN/2021)||70.2 (UN/2021)|
|Currency||Canadian dollar||Mexican Peso|
|Largest sector||Service sector||Service sector|
|National animal||Beaver and the Canadian Horse||Golden Eagle|
|National tree||The maple tree||Taxodium mucronatum (Montezuma bald cypress)|
Top 3 largest cities by population
- Mexico City
- Ecatepec de Morelos
|Region||North America||North America|
|Highest mountain||Mount Logan (5,959 meters)||Pico de Orizaba (Citlaltépetl) (5,636 meters)|
|Largest Island||Baffin island (507,450 sq km)||Tiburón Island (1,200 sq km)|
|Major Rivers||Mackenzie, Yukon, Saint Lawrence, Nelson, Slave, etc.||Río Bravo (Rio Grande), Colorado, Usumacinta, Culiacán, Balsas, Lerma, etc.|
|Popular places to visit||Toronto, Montreal, Niagara Falls, Ottawa, Banff National Park, Vancouver, Quebec City, etc.||Mexico City, Cancún, Cabo San Lucas, Puerto Vallarta, Chichén Itzá, Playa del Carmen, Zihuatanejo, Tulum, etc.|