---
title: "Iraq vs Mexico — area, population, currency"
description: "Iraq is 438,317 km² with 47,020,774 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/iraq-vs-mexico/
site: "At One Place"
---

# Iraq vs Mexico

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

438,317 km² vs 1,964,375 km² · 47,020,774 vs 131,946,900

Mexico is 4.5 times larger than Iraq — 1,964,375 against 438,317 km². Mexico is 2.8 times more populous than Iraq — 131,946,900 against 47,020,774 people.

## Side by side

|  | Iraq | Mexico |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capital | Baghdad | Mexico City |
| Area | 438,317 km² | 1,964,375 km² |
| Population | 47,020,774 (2025) | 131,946,900 (2025) |
| Density | 107.3 /km² | 67.2 /km² |
| Currency | Iraqi dinar (IQD) | Mexican peso (MXN) |
| Official languages | Arabic, Kurdish | Spanish |
| Time zones | UTC+03:00 | UTC-08:00, UTC-07:00, UTC-06:00, UTC-05:00 |
| Calling code | +964 | +52 |
| Drives on the | right | right |
| Continent | Asia | North America |
| ISO codes | IQ / IRQ | MX / MEX |

## Population density

Iraq is 1.6 times more densely populated than Mexico — 107 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 Iraqi dinar and the Mexican peso.
- Mexico spans 4 time zones, so "local time" there is not a single answer.
- Different continents — Asia and North America.

## Iraq

The Tigris and Euphrates run the length of the country and meet at Al-Qurnah to form the Shatt al-Arab. The Mesopotamian Marshes at their lower end are among the largest wetlands in western Eurasia. Uruk, on the Euphrates, was one of the first cities in the world.

## 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 Iraq bigger than Mexico?

Mexico is larger — 1,964,375 km² against 438,317 km².

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

Mexico, with 131,946,900 against 47,020,774.

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

Iraq is UTC+03:00 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

- [Iraq](https://atoneplace.net/country/iraq/)
- [Mexico](https://atoneplace.net/country/mexico/)
- [India vs Mexico](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/india-vs-mexico/)
- [India vs Iraq](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/india-vs-iraq/)
- [China vs Mexico](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/china-vs-mexico/)
- [China vs Iraq](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/china-vs-iraq/)
- [Japan vs Mexico](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/japan-vs-mexico/)
- [Canada vs Mexico](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/canada-vs-mexico/)
- [Canada vs Iraq](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/canada-vs-iraq/)
- [Australia vs Mexico](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/australia-vs-mexico/)
- [Australia vs Iraq](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/australia-vs-iraq/)
- [France vs Mexico](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/france-vs-mexico/)
- [France vs Iraq](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/france-vs-iraq/)
- [Germany vs Mexico](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/germany-vs-mexico/)

## 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]