Mato Grosso do Sul is 2.01× the size of Uruguay

What fits

• Uruguay fits inside Mato Grosso do Sul about 2.01 times by area.
• Mato Grosso do Sul is larger by 179,000 km² (69,000 mi²), which is 101% of the area of Uruguay.
• Measured in Belgiums: Mato Grosso do Sul is about 11.6, Uruguay about 5.78.

How they differ

• Mato Grosso do Sul is larger, but Uruguay has the larger population: 3.4 million against 2.8 million, 1.25× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 19 in Uruguay against 7.7 in Mato Grosso do Sul: Uruguay is 2.51× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 1,390 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Mato Grosso do Sul at 20°S is drawn about 1.1× too large and Uruguay at 33°S about 1.4×, so the map shows Mato Grosso do Sul as 1.61× the size of Uruguay instead of 2.01×.
• Together Mato Grosso do Sul and Uruguay cover 533,000 km², close to the size of France (548,000 km², 2.7% bigger).
• The gap between them, 179,000 km², is about the size of Cambodia (181,000 km²).
• At Uruguay's density, Mato Grosso do Sul would have 6.9 million people (it has 2.8 million). At Mato Grosso do Sul's density, Uruguay would have 1.4 million (it has 3.4 million).
• Mato Grosso do Sul's centre is 12.5° of latitude, about 1,390 km, farther north than Uruguay's.
• Mato Grosso do Sul is the 6th largest of the 27 states and districts of Brazil and covers 4.2% of its area; it is the 19th most densely populated of them.
• Uruguay ranks 91st of 246 countries and territories by area.
• Mato Grosso do Sul lies about 12° of latitude (roughly 1,390 km) north of Uruguay.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Mato Grosso do Sul would have about 129,140 m² and each person in Uruguay about 51,490 m².
• Laid side by side, Mato Grosso do Sul and Uruguay would cover 533,000 km², about the same size as France.
• Together they have 6.2 million people, about as many people as the Republic of the Congo.
• Counted as a country, Mato Grosso do Sul would rank 65th by area and 140th by population.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2022 and Wikidata 2023. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

• Wikidata's official figure of 357,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 356,000 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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