Recognised as Country
Mexico
- MX
- North America
- MXN
- .mx
Mexico (MX/MEX) is a country in North America with its capital at Mexico City. It covers about 1,964,375 km² with a population of roughly 129,000,000, uses the MXN, dials on +52, owns the .mx internet domain and keeps its capital on America/Mexico_City. It borders 3 countries.
Identity
Official short nameMexico
CapitalMexico City
ContinentNorth America
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2MX
ISO 3166-1 alpha-3MEX
Internet TLD.mx
Calling code+52
Currency codeMXN
Geography
Latitude23.6345° N
Longitude102.5528° W
HemisphereNorthern and Western
Area1,964,375 km²758,449 square miles
Land neighbours3
Distance from London8,783 kmto the approximate centre of Mexico, not to Mexico City. WNW, bearing 294.3°
Time
These values depend on today’s date and change daily.
Time zone of the capitalAmerica/Mexico_Citythe IANA zone for Mexico City; a large country spans several zones
Standard offsetUTC-06:00
Observes daylight savingNothe offset is the same all year
Offset in JanuaryUTC-06:00
Offset in JulyUTC-06:00
Current offsetUTC-06:00
Local time now22 Sept 2026, 06:53
Hours ahead of UTC-6
Population & scale
Population129,000,000≈estimate, 2024 edition, extended to all 196 states in September 2026. Population and area are the latest available national or UN estimates, rounded, and are not exact
Population density65.7 per km²≈
Share of world population1.593%≈against a world population of about 8.1 billion
Area rank in this dataset13 of 196
Population rank in this dataset10 of 196
Neighbouring countries
United States1,633 km centre to centre
Guatemala1,556 km centre to centre
About this data
Dataset version2024 edition, extended to all 196 states in September 2026. Population and area are the latest available national or UN estimates, rounded, and are not exact
Time zone sourcethe IANA time zone database, via the platform
Last updated2026-09-10
StabilityISO codes, TLDs and calling codes are stable; population and area are estimates that change
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