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Alaska vs Mexico Geography
Land area
- Alaska has a land area of 571,242 square miles (1,479,509 km²), while Mexico has 750,561 square miles (1,943,945 km²).
- Mexico's land area is 1.3 times (31%) larger than Alaska's.
Total area
- Alaska: 665,725 square miles (1,724,220 km²) vs Mexico: 758,449 square miles (1,964,375 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Mexico's total area is 1.1 times (14%) larger than Alaska's.
Length
- Alaska is 1,201 miles (1,933 km) long from north to south; Mexico is 1,890 miles (3,041 km).
- Mexico's north-south length is 1.6 times (57%) longer than Alaska's.
Width
- Alaska spans 1,544 miles (2,485 km) east to west; Mexico spans 2,021 miles (3,252 km).
- Mexico's east-west width is 1.3 times (31%) wider than Alaska's.
Highest point
- Alaska's highest point is Denali at 20,235 feet (6,168 m); Mexico's is Pico de Orizaba at 18,491 feet (5,636 m).
- Denali is 1,744 feet higher than Pico de Orizaba.
Lowest point
- Alaska's lowest point is Pacific Ocean at 0 feet; Mexico's is Laguna Salada at -33 feet.
- Mexico's lowest point is 33 feet lower.
Alaska vs Mexico Population and History
Population
- Alaska has a population of 740,133 (2024), while Mexico has 131,231,919 (2026).
- Mexico's population is 177.3 times larger than Alaska's.
Population density
- Alaska: 1.3 people per square mile vs Mexico: 174.8.
- Mexico's population density is 134.5 times higher than Alaska's.
Biggest city
- Alaska's biggest city is Anchorage with 289,600 people; Mexico's is Mexico City with 9,209,944.
- Mexico City's population is 31.8 times larger than Anchorage's.
Largest metro area
- Alaska's largest metropolitan area is Anchorage, AK metro area (407,213 people) vs Mexico's Mexico City (17,734,212).
- Mexico City's population is 43.6 times larger than Anchorage, AK metro area's.
History
- Alaska: Admitted to the Union on January 3, 1959, as the 49th state.
- Mexico: Independent from Spain since September 27, 1821.
- In its current form, Mexico is the older of the two by 138 years.
Alaska vs Mexico Economy
GDP
- Alaska's GDP is $71.6 billion (2024) vs Mexico's $1,832.6 billion.
- Mexico's economic output is 25.6 times larger than Alaska's.
GDP per capita
- Alaska: $96,695 per person vs Mexico: $13,889.
- Alaska's GDP per capita is 7.0 times (596%) higher than Mexico's.
Average income
- Alaska: $76,234 vs Mexico: $13,730 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Alaska's average income is 5.6 times (455%) higher than Mexico's.
Official Websites
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