---
title: "China vs Mexico — area, population, currency"
description: "China is 9,596,960 km² with 1,406,585,000 people; Mexico is 1,964,375 km² with 131,946,900. Area, density, currency, languages and time zones side by side."
url: https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/china-vs-mexico/
site: "At One Place"
---

# China vs Mexico

**China vs Mexico: China is larger; China has more people**

9,596,960 km² vs 1,964,375 km² · 1,406,585,000 vs 131,946,900

China is 4.9 times larger than Mexico — 9,596,960 against 1,964,375 km². China is 11 times more populous than Mexico — 1,406,585,000 against 131,946,900 people.

## Side by side

|  | China | Mexico |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capital | Beijing | Mexico City |
| Area | 9,596,960 km² | 1,964,375 km² |
| Population | 1,406,585,000 (2025) | 131,946,900 (2025) |
| Density | 146.6 /km² | 67.2 /km² |
| Currency | Chinese yuan (CNY) | Mexican peso (MXN) |
| Official languages | Standard Chinese | Spanish |
| Time zones | UTC+08:00 | UTC-08:00, UTC-07:00, UTC-06:00, UTC-05:00 |
| Calling code | +86 | +52 |
| Drives on the | right | right |
| Continent | Asia | North America |
| ISO codes | CN / CHN | MX / MEX |

## Population density

China is 2.2 times more densely populated than Mexico — 147 against 67 people per km². Density is where area and population interact, and it often reverses the impression the headline figures give — a large country with a small population can feel emptier than a small crowded one by an enormous margin.

## Practical differences

- Different currencies: the Chinese yuan and the Mexican peso.
- Mexico spans 4 time zones, so "local time" there is not a single answer.
- Different continents — Asia and North America.

## China

The largest country in the world using a single time zone, so the sun rises in the far west around three hours later by the clock than in Beijing. China has a land border with fourteen countries — more than any other state except Russia, which also has fourteen. Its terrain runs from Mount Everest on the Nepalese border to the Turpan Depression at 154 m below sea level.

## Mexico

Mexico has the fourth-highest count of vertebrate and plant species of any country, and more reptile species than anywhere else. Chicxulub, under the northern Yucatán, is the roughly 180 km crater left by the asteroid impact 66 million years ago. The Sistema Sac Actun beneath the same peninsula is the longest known underwater cave system in the world, over 370 km surveyed.

> Neutral facts only. Nothing here addresses politics, government, economics or which country is preferable in any respect — population is the one figure that dates, and it carries its year.

## Common questions

### Is China bigger than Mexico?

China is larger — 9,596,960 km² against 1,964,375 km².

### Which has more people, China or Mexico?

China, with 1,406,585,000 against 131,946,900.

### What is the time difference between China and Mexico?

China is UTC+08:00 and Mexico is UTC-08:00, UTC-07:00, UTC-06:00, UTC-05:00. Daylight saving shifts the gap during the year in places that observe it.

## Related pages

- [China](https://atoneplace.net/country/china/)
- [Mexico](https://atoneplace.net/country/mexico/)
- [India vs Mexico](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/india-vs-mexico/)
- [China vs United States](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/china-vs-united-states/)
- [China vs India](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/china-vs-india/)
- [China vs United Kingdom](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/china-vs-united-kingdom/)
- [China vs Japan](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/china-vs-japan/)
- [China vs New Zealand](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/china-vs-new-zealand/)
- [China vs France](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/china-vs-france/)
- [China vs Germany](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/china-vs-germany/)
- [China vs Italy](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/china-vs-italy/)
- [China vs Russia](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/china-vs-russia/)
- [China vs Spain](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/china-vs-spain/)
- [China vs Egypt](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/china-vs-egypt/)

## Sources

- The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency (https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/) [Public domain (US Government)]
- World Bank Open Data — The World Bank (https://data.worldbank.org/) [CC BY 4.0]