Uruguay is 6.49× the size of Brittany
Uruguay (South America) covers about 177,000 km² (68,500 mi²) and Brittany (region of France) about 27,300 km² (10,600 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 177,000km²Uruguay
- 27,300km²Brittany
100 km
- Uruguay
- Brittany
What fits
- Brittany fits inside Uruguay about 6.49 times by area.
- Uruguay is larger by 150,000 km² (57,900 mi²), which is 549% of the area of Brittany.
- Measured in Belgiums: Uruguay is about 5.78, Brittany about 0.89.
How they differ
- Uruguay also has the larger population: 3.4 million against 3.4 million, 1.01× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 125 in Brittany against 19 in Uruguay: Brittany is 6.45× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 10,400 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Uruguay at 33°S is drawn about 1.4× too large and Brittany at 48°N about 2.2×, so the map shows Uruguay as 4.08× the size of Brittany instead of 6.49×.
- Together Uruguay and Brittany cover 205,000 km², close to the size of Belarus (207,000 km², 1.4% bigger).
- The gap between them, 150,000 km², is about the size of Nepal (147,000 km²).
- At Brittany's density, Uruguay would have 22.2 million people (it has 3.4 million). At Uruguay's density, Brittany would have 531,000 (it has 3.4 million).
- Brittany's centre is 81.0° of latitude, about 9,000 km, farther north than Uruguay's.
- Uruguay ranks 91st of 246 countries and territories by area.
- Brittany is the 12th largest of the 18 regions of France and covers 4.3% of its area; it is the 8th most densely populated of them.
- Brittany lies about 81° of latitude (roughly 9,000 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 Brittany about 7,990 m².
- Laid side by side, Uruguay and Brittany would cover 205,000 km², about the same size as Belarus.
- Together they have 6.9 million people, about as many people as Laos.
- Counted as a country, Brittany would rank 144th by area and 135th by population.
Side by side
| Uruguay | Brittany | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | CountrySouth America | RegionFrance |
| Area, measured | 177,000 km²68,500 mi² | 27,300 km²10,600 mi² |
| Official area | 176,000 km²Wikidata | 27,200 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 90th of 239worldwide | 12th of 18in France |
| Population | 3.4 millionWikidata, 2023 | 3.4 millionWikidata, 2022 |
| Rank by population | 134th of 237worldwide | 9th of 18in France |
| Density | 19 per km² | 125 per km² |
| Capital | Montevideo | Rennes |
| Latitude range | 35°S to 30°S | 47°N to 49°N |
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 27,200 km² agrees with our measured area of 27,300 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. The outline of Brittany is the departments Natural Earth draws there, joined along their shared borders.
- 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