Uruguay is 2.43× the size of Baja California
Uruguay (South America) covers about 177,000 km² (68,500 mi²) and Baja California (state of Mexico) about 72,900 km² (28,100 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 177,000km²Uruguay
- 72,900km²Baja California
100 km
- Uruguay
- Baja California
What fits
- Baja California fits inside Uruguay about 2.43 times by area.
- Uruguay is larger by 104,000 km² (40,300 mi²), which is 143% of the area of Baja California.
- Measured in Belgiums: Uruguay is about 5.78, Baja California about 2.38.
How they differ
- Uruguay also has the larger population: 3.4 million against 3.3 million, 1.04× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 45 in Baja California against 19 in Uruguay: Baja California is 2.34× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 9,390 km apart.
- Together Uruguay and Baja California cover 250,000 km², close to the size of Ecuador (255,000 km², 1.9% bigger).
- The gap between them, 104,000 km², is about the size of Iceland (102,000 km²).
- At Baja California's density, Uruguay would have 8.1 million people (it has 3.4 million). At Uruguay's density, Baja California would have 1.4 million (it has 3.3 million).
- Baja California's centre is 63.3° of latitude, about 7,040 km, farther north than Uruguay's.
- Uruguay ranks 91st of 246 countries and territories by area.
- Baja California is the 10th largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers 3.7% of its area; it is the 20th most densely populated of them.
- Baja California lies about 63° of latitude (roughly 7,040 km) north of Uruguay, on the other side of the equator.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Uruguay would have about 51,490 m² and each person in Baja California about 21,990 m².
- Laid side by side, Uruguay and Baja California would cover 250,000 km², about the same size as Ecuador.
- Together they have 6.8 million people, about as many people as Paraguay.
- Counted as a country, Baja California would rank 119th by area and 136th by population.
Side by side
| Uruguay | Baja California | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | CountrySouth America | StateMexico |
| Area, measured | 177,000 km²68,500 mi² | 72,900 km²28,100 mi² |
| Official area | 176,000 km²Wikidata | 71,500 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 90th of 239worldwide | 10th of 32in Mexico |
| Population | 3.4 millionWikidata, 2023 | 3.3 millionWikidata, 2015 |
| Rank by population | 134th of 237worldwide | 14th of 32in Mexico |
| Density | 19 per km² | 45 per km² |
| Capital | Montevideo | Mexicali |
| Latitude range | 35°S to 30°S | 28°N to 33°N |
Population: Wikidata 2023 and Wikidata 2015. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 176,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 177,000 km², to within 2%.
- Our measured 72,900 km² is 2.0% above Wikidata's official figure of 71,500 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
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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