Senegal is 1.11× the size of Uruguay
Senegal covers about 196,000 km² (75,800 mi²) and Uruguay about 177,000 km² (68,500 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 196,000km²Senegal
- 177,000km²Uruguay
200 km
- Senegal
- Uruguay
What fits
- Uruguay is 90% of the size of Senegal.
- Senegal is larger by 18,900 km² (7,290 mi²), which is 11% of the area of Uruguay.
- Measured in Belgiums: Senegal is about 6.40, Uruguay about 5.78.
How they differ
- Senegal also has the larger population: 16.9 million against 3.4 million, 4.90× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 86 in Senegal against 19 in Uruguay: Senegal is 4.43× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 6,850 km apart.
- On a standard web map Uruguay looks larger than Senegal: Senegal at 14°N is drawn about 1.1× too large and Uruguay at 33°S about 1.4×, so the map shows Uruguay as 1.20× the size of Senegal, when Senegal is 1.11× the size of Uruguay.
- Together Senegal and Uruguay cover 374,000 km², close to the size of Japan (374,000 km², 0.0% smaller).
- The gap between them, 18,900 km², is about the size of Fiji (18,900 km²).
- At Uruguay's density, Senegal would have 3.8 million people (it has 16.9 million). At Senegal's density, Uruguay would have 15.3 million (it has 3.4 million).
- Senegal's centre is 47.2° of latitude, about 5,240 km, farther north than Uruguay's.
Who wins on what
| Measure | Winner | By |
|---|---|---|
| Larger area | Senegal | 1.11× |
| More people | Senegal | 4.90× |
| More crowded | Senegal | 4.43× |
| Farther north | Senegal | 47.2° of latitude |
| Stretched more on a web map | Uruguay | 1.4× against 1.1× |
Both against the same yardsticks
| Yardstick | Senegal | Uruguay |
|---|---|---|
| Belgium 30,700 km² | 6.40× | 5.78× |
| United Kingdom 244,000 km² | 0.80× | 0.73× |
| Germany 358,000 km² | 0.55× | 0.50× |
| Japan 374,000 km² | 0.53× | 0.47× |
| France 548,000 km² | 0.36× | 0.32× |
| India 3,151,000 km² | 0.06× | 0.06× |
| Brazil 8,473,000 km² | 0.02× | 0.02× |
| United States 9,447,000 km² | 0.02× | 0.02× |
| Russia 16,980,000 km² | 0.01× | 0.01× |
Each figure is the place's area divided by the yardstick's.
Side by side
| Senegal | Uruguay | |
|---|---|---|
| Area, main territory | 196,000 km²75,800 mi² | 177,000 km²68,500 mi² |
| Population | 16.9 millionWikidata, 2021 | 3.4 millionWikidata, 2023 |
| Density | 86 per km² | 19 per km² |
| Official area | 197,000 km²Wikidata | 176,000 km²Wikidata |
| Capital | Dakar | Montevideo |
| Latitude range | 12°N to 17°N | 35°S to 30°S |
| Continent | Africa | South America |
Population: Wikidata 2021 and Wikidata 2023, covering each whole country. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 197,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 196,000 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