---
title: "Israel vs Mexico — area, population, currency"
description: "Israel is 21,937 km² with 10,122,800 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/israel-vs-mexico/
site: "At One Place"
---

# Israel vs Mexico

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

21,937 km² vs 1,964,375 km² · 10,122,800 vs 131,946,900

Mexico is 90 times larger than Israel — 1,964,375 against 21,937 km². Mexico is 13 times more populous than Israel — 131,946,900 against 10,122,800 people.

## Side by side

|  | Israel | Mexico |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capital | Jerusalem | Mexico City |
| Area | 21,937 km² | 1,964,375 km² |
| Population | 10,122,800 (2025) | 131,946,900 (2025) |
| Density | 461.4 /km² | 67.2 /km² |
| Currency | Israeli new shekel (ILS) | Mexican peso (MXN) |
| Official languages | Arabic, Hebrew | Spanish |
| Time zones | UTC+02:00 | UTC-08:00, UTC-07:00, UTC-06:00, UTC-05:00 |
| Calling code | +972 | +52 |
| Drives on the | right | right |
| Continent | Asia | North America |
| ISO codes | IL / ISR | MX / MEX |

## Population density

Israel is 6.9 times more densely populated than Mexico — 461 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 Israeli new shekel and the Mexican peso.
- Mexico spans 4 time zones, so "local time" there is not a single answer.
- Different continents — Asia and North America.

## Israel

The Dead Sea shore is the lowest exposed land on Earth, about 430 m below sea level, and the water is around ten times saltier than the ocean. Israel recycles a higher share of its wastewater than any other country — roughly 85 percent — and most drinking water now comes from Mediterranean desalination.

## 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 Israel bigger than Mexico?

Mexico is larger — 1,964,375 km² against 21,937 km².

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

Mexico, with 131,946,900 against 10,122,800.

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

Israel is UTC+02:00 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

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