---
title: "Mexico vs Thailand — area, population, currency"
description: "Mexico is 1,964,375 km² with 131,946,900 people; Thailand is 513,120 km² with 71,619,863. Area, density, currency, languages and time zones side by side."
url: https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/mexico-vs-thailand/
site: "At One Place"
---

# Mexico vs Thailand

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

1,964,375 km² vs 513,120 km² · 131,946,900 vs 71,619,863

Mexico is 3.8 times larger than Thailand — 1,964,375 against 513,120 km². Mexico is 1.8 times more populous than Thailand — 131,946,900 against 71,619,863 people.

## Side by side

|  | Mexico | Thailand |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capital | Mexico City | Bangkok |
| Area | 1,964,375 km² | 513,120 km² |
| Population | 131,946,900 (2025) | 71,619,863 (2025) |
| Density | 67.2 /km² | 139.6 /km² |
| Currency | Mexican peso (MXN) | Thai baht (THB) |
| Official languages | Spanish | Thai |
| Time zones | UTC-08:00, UTC-07:00, UTC-06:00, UTC-05:00 | UTC+07:00 |
| Calling code | +52 | +66 |
| Drives on the | right | left |
| Continent | North America | Asia |
| ISO codes | MX / MEX | TH / THA |

## Population density

Thailand is 2.1 times more densely populated than Mexico — 140 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 — Mexico on the right, Thailand on the left.
- Different currencies: the Mexican peso and the Thai baht.
- Mexico spans 4 time zones, so "local time" there is not a single answer.
- Different continents — North America and Asia.

## 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.

## Thailand

Roughly 3,200 km of coastline on two separate seas, the Andaman and the Gulf of Thailand, joined only by the narrow Kra Isthmus. The country's full ceremonial name for Bangkok, Krung Thep Mahanakhon and the rest, is the longest place name in the world at 168 letters in transliteration.

> 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 Mexico bigger than Thailand?

Mexico is larger — 1,964,375 km² against 513,120 km².

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

Mexico, with 131,946,900 against 71,619,863.

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

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

## Related pages

- [Mexico](https://atoneplace.net/country/mexico/)
- [Thailand](https://atoneplace.net/country/thailand/)
- [India vs Mexico](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/india-vs-mexico/)
- [India vs Thailand](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/india-vs-thailand/)
- [China vs Mexico](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/china-vs-mexico/)
- [China vs Thailand](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/china-vs-thailand/)
- [Japan vs Mexico](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/japan-vs-mexico/)
- [Japan vs Thailand](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/japan-vs-thailand/)
- [Canada vs Mexico](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/canada-vs-mexico/)
- [Canada vs Thailand](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/canada-vs-thailand/)
- [Australia vs Mexico](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/australia-vs-mexico/)
- [Australia vs Thailand](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/australia-vs-thailand/)
- [New Zealand vs Thailand](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/new-zealand-vs-thailand/)
- [France vs Mexico](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/france-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]