Germany is 2.02× the size of Uruguay

Germany covers about 358,000 km² (138,000 mi²) and Uruguay about 177,000 km² (68,500 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

358,000km²Germany
177,000km²Uruguay

200 km

Germany
Uruguay

What fits

Uruguay fits inside Germany about 2.02 times by area.
Germany is larger by 180,000 km² (69,600 mi²), which is 102% of the area of Uruguay.
Measured in Belgiums: Germany is about 11.7, Uruguay about 5.78.

How they differ

Germany also has the larger population: 83.5 million against 3.4 million, 24.2× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 233 in Germany against 19 in Uruguay: Germany is 12.0× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 11,400 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Germany at 51°N is drawn about 2.5× too large and Uruguay at 33°S about 1.4×, so the map shows Germany as 3.61× the size of Uruguay instead of 2.02×.
Together Germany and Uruguay cover 535,000 km², close to the size of France (548,000 km², 2.4% bigger).
The gap between them, 180,000 km², is about the size of Cambodia (181,000 km²).
At Uruguay's density, Germany would have 6.9 million people (it has 83.5 million). At Germany's density, Uruguay would have 41.4 million (it has 3.4 million).
Germany's centre is 83.8° of latitude, about 9,320 km, farther north than Uruguay's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Germany	2.02×
More people	Germany	24.2×
More crowded	Germany	12.0×
Farther north	Germany	83.8° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Germany	2.5× against 1.4×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Germany	Uruguay
Belgium 30,700 km²	11.7×	5.78×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	1.47×	0.73×
Japan 374,000 km²	0.96×	0.47×
France 548,000 km²	0.65×	0.32×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.11×	0.06×
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	0.04×	0.02×
United States 9,447,000 km²	0.04×	0.02×
Russia 16,980,000 km²	0.02×	0.01×

Each figure is the place's area divided by the yardstick's.

Side by side

	Germany	Uruguay
Area, main territory	358,000 km²138,000 mi²	177,000 km²68,500 mi²
Population	83.5 millionWikidata, 2025	3.4 millionWikidata, 2023
Density	233 per km²	19 per km²
Official area	358,000 km²Wikidata	176,000 km²Wikidata
Capital	Berlin	Montevideo
Latitude range	47°N to 55°N	35°S to 30°S
Continent	Europe	South America

Population: Wikidata 2025 and Wikidata 2023, covering each whole country. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 358,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 358,000 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 0 - Countries, public domain
Boundary: De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth. Main territory: the largest landmass and every part within 1,000 km of it.
Area: Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outlines, shown rounded. Comparisons use main-territory area.
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: 2026-11-11

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