United Kingdom is 1.37× the size of Uruguay

United Kingdom covers about 244,000 km² (94,100 mi²) and Uruguay about 177,000 km² (68,500 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

244,000km²United Kingdom
177,000km²Uruguay

200 km

United Kingdom
Uruguay

What fits

Uruguay is 73% of the size of United Kingdom.
United Kingdom is larger by 66,400 km² (25,700 mi²), which is 37% of the area of Uruguay.
Measured in Belgiums: United Kingdom is about 7.95, Uruguay about 5.78.

How they differ

United Kingdom also has the larger population: 67.3 million against 3.4 million, 19.5× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 276 in United Kingdom against 19 in Uruguay: United Kingdom is 14.2× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 10,900 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: United Kingdom at 54°N is drawn about 2.9× too large and Uruguay at 33°S about 1.4×, so the map shows United Kingdom as 2.82× the size of Uruguay instead of 1.37×.
Together United Kingdom and Uruguay cover 421,000 km², close to the size of Iraq (437,000 km², 3.9% bigger).
The gap between them, 66,400 km², is about the size of Sri Lanka (66,300 km²).
At Uruguay's density, United Kingdom would have 4.7 million people (it has 67.3 million). At United Kingdom's density, Uruguay would have 49.0 million (it has 3.4 million).
United Kingdom's centre is 86.8° of latitude, about 9,650 km, farther north than Uruguay's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	United Kingdom	1.37×
More people	United Kingdom	19.5×
More crowded	United Kingdom	14.2×
Farther north	United Kingdom	86.8° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	United Kingdom	2.9× against 1.4×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	United Kingdom	Uruguay
Belgium 30,700 km²	7.95×	5.78×
Germany 358,000 km²	0.68×	0.50×
Japan 374,000 km²	0.65×	0.47×
France 548,000 km²	0.44×	0.32×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.08×	0.06×
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	0.03×	0.02×
United States 9,447,000 km²	0.03×	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

	United Kingdom	Uruguay
Area, main territory	244,000 km²94,100 mi²	177,000 km²68,500 mi²
Population	67.3 millionWikidata, 2021	3.4 millionWikidata, 2023
Density	276 per km²	19 per km²
Official area	242,000 km²Wikidata	176,000 km²Wikidata
Capital	London	Montevideo
Latitude range	50°N to 61°N	35°S to 30°S
Continent	Europe	South America

Population: Wikidata 2021 and Wikidata 2023, covering each whole country. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 242,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 244,000 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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