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Mexico vs United Kingdom

Flag of Mexico

Mexico

131,946,900#11 · +0.83%/yr
vs
Flag of United Kingdom

United Kingdom

69,487,000#22 · +0.30%/yr

Mexico has 1.9× the population of United Kingdom: 131,946,900 vs 69,487,000, a gap of 62.5 million. Mexico is growing faster (+0.83% vs +0.30% a year), adding about 1,090,386 people a year against +206,306. At these source-year rates the modelled relative population gap is widening. United Kingdom is the older society: 19.7% aged 65+ against 8.5% in Mexico, while Mexico has more children (24.1% under 15 vs 17.0%). United Kingdom is 4.2× as densely populated (283.2 vs 66.7 people per km²). People in United Kingdom live 6.1 years longer on average (81.4 vs 75.3). GDP per capita is 4.1× higher in United Kingdom ($57,602 vs $13,889).

Country/territory population bases: World Bank 2025 (Mexico) and 2025 (United Kingdom); growth years 2025 / 2025. Annual source values, not live counts; years may differ. Growth is national, not local.

Mexico vs United Kingdom — side by side

Flag of Mexico MexicoFlag of United Kingdom United Kingdom
Population131,946,900202569,487,0002025
Growth rate / yr+0.83%2025+0.30%2025
Births per 1,00015.520249.92024
Deaths per 1,0006.220249.72024
Children per woman1.8920241.552024
Life expectancy75.3 yrs202481.4 yrs2024
Aged 0–1424.1%202517.0%2025
Aged 65+8.5%202519.7%2025
Density66.7 /km²2023283.2 /km²2023
Area1,957,194 km²2023243,610 km²2023
Urban population80.0%202583.3%2025
Net migration / yr-108,0372025+389,9112025
GDP per capita$13,8892025$57,6022025
Country population rank (available records)#11#22
Base / world population (World Bank 2025)1.61%0.85%

Highlighted cell = the higher value (not "better"). Small print under each value is its own data year. Source: World Bank; country/territory population bases may have different years. These are not live counts.

Population since 1960

World Bank population history (not the separate UN WPP timeline). Mexico: 3.6× from 1960 to 2025; United Kingdom: 1.3× from 1960 to 2025. Left: absolute population. Right: each series indexed to its own first available year = 100; baseline years may differ.

035.0M69.9M104.9M139.9M1960197019801990200020102020MexicoUnited Kingdom0951902863811960197019801990200020102020MexicoUnited Kingdom

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