Piauí is 1.42× the size of Uruguay
Piauí (state of Brazil) covers about 252,000 km² (97,300 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.
- 252,000km²Piauí
- 177,000km²Uruguay
200 km
- Piauí
- Uruguay
What fits
- Uruguay is 70% of the size of Piauí.
- Piauí is larger by 74,700 km² (28,800 mi²), which is 42% of the area of Uruguay.
- Measured in Belgiums: Piauí is about 8.22, Uruguay about 5.78.
How they differ
- Piauí is larger, but Uruguay has the larger population: 3.4 million against 3.3 million, 1.05× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 19 in Uruguay against 13 in Piauí: Uruguay is 1.50× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 3,130 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Piauí at 7°S is drawn about 1.0× too large and Uruguay at 33°S about 1.4×, so the map shows Piauí as 1.02× the size of Uruguay instead of 1.42×.
- Together Piauí and Uruguay cover 429,000 km², close to the size of Iraq (437,000 km², 1.9% bigger).
- The gap between them, 74,700 km², is about the size of Panama (74,500 km²).
- At Uruguay's density, Piauí would have 4.9 million people (it has 3.3 million). At Piauí's density, Uruguay would have 2.3 million (it has 3.4 million).
- Piauí's centre is 25.4° of latitude, about 2,820 km, farther north than Uruguay's.
- Piauí is the 11th largest of the 27 states and districts of Brazil and covers 3.0% of its area; it is the 18th most densely populated of them.
- Uruguay ranks 91st of 246 countries and territories by area.
- Piauí lies about 25° of latitude (roughly 2,820 km) north of Uruguay.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Piauí would have about 77,040 m² and each person in Uruguay about 51,490 m².
- Laid side by side, Piauí and Uruguay would cover 429,000 km², about the same size as Iraq.
- Together they have 6.7 million people, about as many people as Paraguay.
- Counted as a country, Piauí would rank 78th by area and 137th by population.
Side by side
| Piauí | Uruguay | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | StateBrazil | CountrySouth America |
| Area, measured | 252,000 km²97,300 mi² | 177,000 km²68,500 mi² |
| Official area | 252,000 km²Wikidata | 176,000 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 11th of 27in Brazil | 90th of 239worldwide |
| Population | 3.3 millionWikidata, 2022 | 3.4 millionWikidata, 2023 |
| Rank by population | 18th of 27in Brazil | 134th of 237worldwide |
| Density | 13 per km² | 19 per km² |
| Capital | Teresina | Montevideo |
| Latitude range | 11°S to 3°S | 35°S to 30°S |
Population: Wikidata 2022 and Wikidata 2023. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 252,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 252,000 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