Uruguay is 14.0× the size of Connecticut

What fits

• Connecticut fits inside Uruguay about 14.0 times by area.
• Uruguay is larger by 165,000 km² (63,600 mi²), which is 1,296% of the area of Connecticut.
• Measured in Belgiums: Uruguay is about 5.78, Connecticut about 0.41.

How they differ

• Uruguay is larger, but Connecticut has the larger population: 3.6 million against 3.4 million, 1.05× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 284 in Connecticut against 19 in Uruguay: Connecticut is 14.6× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 8,450 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Uruguay at 33°S is drawn about 1.4× too large and Connecticut at 42°N about 1.8×, so the map shows Uruguay as 11.0× the size of Connecticut instead of 14.0×.
• Together Uruguay and Connecticut cover 190,000 km², close to the size of Syria (186,000 km², 2.2% smaller).
• The gap between them, 165,000 km², is about the size of Somaliland (167,000 km²).
• At Connecticut's density, Uruguay would have 50.3 million people (it has 3.4 million). At Uruguay's density, Connecticut would have 247,000 (it has 3.6 million).
• Connecticut's centre is 74.4° of latitude, about 8,270 km, farther north than Uruguay's.
• Uruguay ranks 91st of 246 countries and territories by area.
• Connecticut is the 48th largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers 0.1% of its area; it is the 5th most densely populated of them.
• Connecticut lies about 74° of latitude (roughly 8,270 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 Connecticut about 3,520 m².
• Laid side by side, Uruguay and Connecticut would cover 190,000 km², about the same size as Syria.
• Together they have 7.1 million people, about as many people as Laos.
• Counted as a country, Connecticut would rank 161st by area and 133rd by population.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2023 and Wikidata 2020. 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 12,700 km² is 12% below Wikidata's official figure of 14,400 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.

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