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title: "Mexico vs Turkey — area, population, currency"
description: "Mexico is 1,964,375 km² with 131,946,900 people; Turkey is 783,562 km² with 85,878,556. Area, density, currency, languages and time zones side by side."
url: https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/mexico-vs-turkey/
site: "At One Place"
---

# Mexico vs Turkey

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

1,964,375 km² vs 783,562 km² · 131,946,900 vs 85,878,556

Mexico is 2.5 times larger than Turkey — 1,964,375 against 783,562 km². Mexico is 1.5 times more populous than Turkey — 131,946,900 against 85,878,556 people.

## Side by side

|  | Mexico | Turkey |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capital | Mexico City | Ankara |
| Area | 1,964,375 km² | 783,562 km² |
| Population | 131,946,900 (2025) | 85,878,556 (2025) |
| Density | 67.2 /km² | 109.6 /km² |
| Currency | Mexican peso (MXN) | Turkish lira (TRY) |
| Official languages | Spanish | Turkish |
| Time zones | UTC-08:00, UTC-07:00, UTC-06:00, UTC-05:00 | UTC+03:00 |
| Calling code | +52 | +90 |
| Drives on the | right | right |
| Continent | North America | Asia |
| ISO codes | MX / MEX | TR / TUR |

## Population density

Turkey is 1.6 times more densely populated than Mexico — 110 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 Mexican peso and the Turkish lira.
- 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.

## Turkey

Istanbul is the only large city built on two continents, split by the Bosphorus. Cappadocia's fairy chimneys are eroded volcanic tuff, and the underground city at Derinkuyu goes down about 85 m over eighteen levels. Pamukkale's white terraces are travertine deposited by hot calcium-rich springs.

> 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 Turkey?

Mexico is larger — 1,964,375 km² against 783,562 km².

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

Mexico, with 131,946,900 against 85,878,556.

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

Mexico is UTC-08:00, UTC-07:00, UTC-06:00, UTC-05:00 and Turkey is UTC+03:00. Daylight saving shifts the gap during the year in places that observe it.

## Related pages

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- [Turkey](https://atoneplace.net/country/turkey/)
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## 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]