---
title: "Ireland vs Mexico — area, population, currency"
description: "Ireland is 70,273 km² with 5,484,367 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/ireland-vs-mexico/
site: "At One Place"
---

# Ireland vs Mexico

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

70,273 km² vs 1,964,375 km² · 5,484,367 vs 131,946,900

Mexico is 28 times larger than Ireland — 1,964,375 against 70,273 km². Mexico is 24 times more populous than Ireland — 131,946,900 against 5,484,367 people.

## Side by side

|  | Ireland | Mexico |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capital | Dublin | Mexico City |
| Area | 70,273 km² | 1,964,375 km² |
| Population | 5,484,367 (2025) | 131,946,900 (2025) |
| Density | 78.0 /km² | 67.2 /km² |
| Currency | Euro (EUR) | Mexican peso (MXN) |
| Official languages | English, Irish | Spanish |
| Time zones | UTC+00:00 | UTC-08:00, UTC-07:00, UTC-06:00, UTC-05:00 |
| Calling code | +353 | +52 |
| Drives on the | left | right |
| Continent | Europe | North America |
| ISO codes | IE / IRL | MX / MEX |

## Population density

Ireland is 1.2 times more densely populated than Mexico — 78 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

- They drive on opposite sides — Ireland on the left, Mexico on the right.
- Different currencies: the Euro and the Mexican peso.
- Mexico spans 4 time zones, so "local time" there is not a single answer.
- Different continents — Europe and North America.

## Ireland

The interior is a low limestone plain ringed by coastal mountains, which is why the rivers drain inward and the middle of the country is bog. The Cliffs of Moher run 14 km and reach 214 m. Ireland has no native snakes, and only one native reptile.

## 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 Ireland bigger than Mexico?

Mexico is larger — 1,964,375 km² against 70,273 km².

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

Mexico, with 131,946,900 against 5,484,367.

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

Ireland is UTC+00:00 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

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