Amazonas is 8.83× the size of Uruguay
Amazonas (state of Brazil) covers about 1,565,000 km² (604,000 mi²) and Uruguay (South America) about 177,000 km² (68,500 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 1,565,000km²Amazonas
- 177,000km²Uruguay
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- Amazonas
- Uruguay
What fits
- Uruguay fits inside Amazonas about 8.83 times by area.
- Amazonas is larger by 1,388,000 km² (536,000 mi²), which is 783% of the area of Uruguay.
- Measured in Belgiums: Amazonas is about 51.0, Uruguay about 5.78.
How they differ
- Amazonas also has the larger population: 3.9 million against 3.4 million, 1.14× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 19 in Uruguay against 2.5 in Amazonas: Uruguay is 7.71× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 3,310 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Amazonas at 4°S is drawn about 1.0× too large and Uruguay at 33°S about 1.4×, so the map shows Amazonas as 6.27× the size of Uruguay instead of 8.83×.
- Together Amazonas and Uruguay cover 1,743,000 km², close to the size of Sudan (1,856,000 km², 6.5% bigger).
- The gap between them, 1,388,000 km², is about the size of Peru (1,290,000 km²).
- At Uruguay's density, Amazonas would have 30.4 million people (it has 3.9 million). At Amazonas's density, Uruguay would have 447,000 (it has 3.4 million).
- Amazonas's centre is 28.6° of latitude, about 3,180 km, farther north than Uruguay's.
- Amazonas is the largest of the 27 states and districts of Brazil and covers 18% of its area; it is the 27th most densely populated of them.
- Uruguay ranks 91st of 246 countries and territories by area.
- Amazonas lies about 29° of latitude (roughly 3,180 km) north of Uruguay.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Amazonas would have about 397,150 m² and each person in Uruguay about 51,490 m².
- Laid side by side, Amazonas and Uruguay would cover 1,743,000 km², 94% of the size of Sudan.
- Together they have 7.4 million people, about as many people as Libya.
- Counted as a country, Amazonas would rank 19th by area and 130th by population.
Side by side
| Amazonas | Uruguay | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | StateBrazil | CountrySouth America |
| Area, measured | 1,565,000 km²604,000 mi² | 177,000 km²68,500 mi² |
| Official area | 1,559,000 km²Wikidata | 176,000 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 1st of 27in Brazil | 90th of 239worldwide |
| Population | 3.9 millionWikidata, 2022 | 3.4 millionWikidata, 2023 |
| Rank by population | 14th of 27in Brazil | 134th of 237worldwide |
| Density | 2.5 per km² | 19 per km² |
| Capital | Manaus | Montevideo |
| Latitude range | 10°S to 2°N | 35°S to 30°S |
Population: Wikidata 2022 and Wikidata 2023. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 1,559,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 1,565,000 km², to within 2%.
- Wikidata's official figure of 176,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 177,000 km², to within 2%.
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Sources and method
- Outlines
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain for the region; Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, public domain
- Boundary
- De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth. A region is drawn whole, every island included; a country is its main territory.
- Area
- Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outlines, shown rounded.
- Drawing
- Each outline is projected with an equal-area projection centred on its own centroid, so areas stay true and the two can be laid over each other.
- Data built
- 2026-11-12