Uruguay is 3.87× the size of Espírito Santo

What fits

• Espírito Santo fits inside Uruguay about 3.87 times by area.
• Uruguay is larger by 132,000 km² (50,800 mi²), which is 287% of the area of Espírito Santo.
• Measured in Belgiums: Uruguay is about 5.78, Espírito Santo about 1.49.

How they differ

• Uruguay is larger, but Espírito Santo has the larger population: 3.8 million against 3.4 million, 1.11× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 84 in Espírito Santo against 19 in Uruguay: Espírito Santo is 4.31× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 2,120 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Uruguay at 33°S is drawn about 1.4× too large and Espírito Santo at 20°S about 1.1×, so the map shows Uruguay as 4.86× the size of Espírito Santo instead of 3.87×.
• Together Uruguay and Espírito Santo cover 223,000 km², close to the size of Laos (228,000 km², 2.2% bigger).
• The gap between them, 132,000 km², is about the size of Greece (131,000 km²).
• At Espírito Santo's density, Uruguay would have 14.8 million people (it has 3.4 million). At Uruguay's density, Espírito Santo would have 890,000 (it has 3.8 million).
• Espírito Santo's centre is 13.2° of latitude, about 1,470 km, farther north than Uruguay's.
• Uruguay ranks 91st of 246 countries and territories by area.
• Espírito Santo is the 23rd largest of the 27 states and districts of Brazil and covers 0.5% of its area; it is the 7th most densely populated of them.
• Espírito Santo lies about 13° of latitude (roughly 1,470 km) north of Uruguay.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Uruguay would have about 51,490 m² and each person in Espírito Santo about 11,950 m².
• Laid side by side, Uruguay and Espírito Santo would cover 223,000 km², about the same size as Laos.
• Together they have 7.3 million people, about as many people as Kyrgyzstan.
• Counted as a country, Espírito Santo would rank 133rd by area and 132nd by population.

Side by side

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 46,100 km² agrees with our measured area of 45,800 km², to within 2%.

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