Uruguay is 30.6× the size of Federal District

Uruguay (South America) covers about 177,000 km² (68,500 mi²) and Federal District (federal district of Brazil) about 5,790 km² (2,240 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

177,000km²Uruguay
5,790km²Federal District

100 km

Uruguay
Federal District

What fits

Federal District fits inside Uruguay about 30.6 times by area.
Uruguay is larger by 172,000 km² (66,200 mi²), which is 2,962% of the area of Federal District.
Measured in Belgiums: Uruguay is about 5.78, Federal District about 0.19.

How they differ

Uruguay also has the larger population: 3.4 million against 2.8 million, 1.22× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 486 in Federal District against 19 in Uruguay: Federal District is 25.0× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 2,070 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Uruguay at 33°S is drawn about 1.4× too large and Federal District at 16°S about 1.1×, so the map shows Uruguay as 40.1× the size of Federal District instead of 30.6×.
Together Uruguay and Federal District cover 183,000 km², close to the size of Cambodia (181,000 km², 1.1% smaller).
The gap between them, 172,000 km², is about the size of Somaliland (167,000 km²).
At Federal District's density, Uruguay would have 86.3 million people (it has 3.4 million). At Uruguay's density, Federal District would have 112,000 (it has 2.8 million).
Federal District's centre is 17.0° of latitude, about 1,890 km, farther north than Uruguay's.
Uruguay ranks 91st of 246 countries and territories by area.
Federal District is the 27th largest of the 27 states and districts of Brazil and covers less than 0.1% of its area; it is the most densely populated of them.
Federal District lies about 17° of latitude (roughly 1,890 km) north of Uruguay.
Shared out evenly, each person in Uruguay would have about 51,490 m² and each person in Federal District about 2,060 m².
Laid side by side, Uruguay and Federal District would cover 183,000 km², about the same size as Cambodia.
Together they have 6.3 million people, about as many people as the Republic of the Congo.
Counted as a country, Federal District would rank 172nd by area and 139th by population.

Side by side

	Uruguay	Federal District
Is a	CountrySouth America	Federal DistrictBrazil
Area, measured	177,000 km²68,500 mi²	5,790 km²2,240 mi²
Official area	176,000 km²Wikidata	5,760 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	90th of 239worldwide	27th of 27in Brazil
Population	3.4 millionWikidata, 2023	2.8 millionWikidata, 2022
Rank by population	134th of 237worldwide	20th of 27in Brazil
Density	19 per km²	486 per km²
Capital	Montevideo	Brasília
Latitude range	35°S to 30°S	16°S to 15°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 5,760 km² agrees with our measured area of 5,790 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

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