Uruguay is 6.42× the size of Alagoas
Uruguay (South America) covers about 177,000 km² (68,500 mi²) and Alagoas (state of Brazil) about 27,600 km² (10,700 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 177,000km²Uruguay
- 27,600km²Alagoas
100 km
- Uruguay
- Alagoas
What fits
- Alagoas fits inside Uruguay about 6.42 times by area.
- Uruguay is larger by 150,000 km² (57,800 mi²), which is 542% of the area of Alagoas.
- Measured in Belgiums: Uruguay is about 5.78, Alagoas about 0.90.
How they differ
- Uruguay also has the larger population: 3.4 million against 3.1 million, 1.10× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 113 in Alagoas against 19 in Uruguay: Alagoas is 5.83× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 3,260 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Uruguay at 33°S is drawn about 1.4× too large and Alagoas at 10°S about 1.0×, so the map shows Uruguay as 8.84× the size of Alagoas instead of 6.42×.
- Together Uruguay and Alagoas cover 205,000 km², close to the size of Belarus (207,000 km², 1.2% bigger).
- The gap between them, 150,000 km², is about the size of Nepal (147,000 km²).
- At Alagoas's density, Uruguay would have 20.1 million people (it has 3.4 million). At Uruguay's density, Alagoas would have 536,000 (it has 3.1 million).
- Alagoas's centre is 23.3° of latitude, about 2,590 km, farther north than Uruguay's.
- Uruguay ranks 91st of 246 countries and territories by area.
- Alagoas is the 25th largest of the 27 states and districts of Brazil and covers 0.3% of its area; it is the 4th most densely populated of them.
- Alagoas lies about 23° of latitude (roughly 2,590 km) north of Uruguay.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Uruguay would have about 51,490 m² and each person in Alagoas about 8,830 m².
- Laid side by side, Uruguay and Alagoas would cover 205,000 km², about the same size as Belarus.
- Together they have 6.6 million people, about as many people as Serbia.
- Counted as a country, Alagoas would rank 144th by area and 137th by population.
Side by side
| Uruguay | Alagoas | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | CountrySouth America | StateBrazil |
| Area, measured | 177,000 km²68,500 mi² | 27,600 km²10,700 mi² |
| Official area | 176,000 km²Wikidata | 27,800 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 90th of 239worldwide | 25th of 27in Brazil |
| Population | 3.4 millionWikidata, 2023 | 3.1 millionWikidata, 2022 |
| Rank by population | 134th of 237worldwide | 19th of 27in Brazil |
| Density | 19 per km² | 113 per km² |
| Capital | Montevideo | Maceió |
| Latitude range | 35°S to 30°S | 11°S to 9°S |
Population: Wikidata 2023 and Wikidata 2022. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 176,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 177,000 km², to within 2%.
- Wikidata's official figure of 27,800 km² agrees with our measured area of 27,600 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