Uruguay is 8.32× the size of Hidalgo
Uruguay (South America) covers about 177,000 km² (68,500 mi²) and Hidalgo (state of Mexico) about 21,300 km² (8,230 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 177,000km²Uruguay
- 21,300km²Hidalgo
100 km
- Uruguay
- Hidalgo
What fits
- Hidalgo fits inside Uruguay about 8.32 times by area.
- Uruguay is larger by 156,000 km² (60,200 mi²), which is 732% of the area of Hidalgo.
- Measured in Belgiums: Uruguay is about 5.78, Hidalgo about 0.69.
How they differ
- Uruguay also has the larger population: 3.4 million against 2.9 million, 1.20× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 134 in Hidalgo against 19 in Uruguay: Hidalgo is 6.91× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 7,470 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Uruguay at 33°S is drawn about 1.4× too large and Hidalgo at 20°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Uruguay as 10.3× the size of Hidalgo instead of 8.32×.
- Together Uruguay and Hidalgo cover 199,000 km², close to the size of Kyrgyzstan (199,000 km², 0.2% bigger).
- The gap between them, 156,000 km², is about the size of Tunisia (157,000 km²).
- At Hidalgo's density, Uruguay would have 23.8 million people (it has 3.4 million). At Uruguay's density, Hidalgo would have 414,000 (it has 2.9 million).
- Hidalgo's centre is 53.3° of latitude, about 5,920 km, farther north than Uruguay's.
- Uruguay ranks 91st of 246 countries and territories by area.
- Hidalgo is the 26th largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers 1.1% of its area; it is the 9th most densely populated of them.
- Hidalgo lies about 53° of latitude (roughly 5,920 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 Hidalgo about 7,450 m².
- Laid side by side, Uruguay and Hidalgo would cover 199,000 km², about the same size as Kyrgyzstan.
- Together they have 6.3 million people, about as many people as Bulgaria.
- Counted as a country, Hidalgo would rank 153rd by area and 139th by population.
Side by side
| Uruguay | Hidalgo | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | CountrySouth America | StateMexico |
| Area, measured | 177,000 km²68,500 mi² | 21,300 km²8,230 mi² |
| Official area | 176,000 km²Wikidata | 20,800 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 90th of 239worldwide | 26th of 32in Mexico |
| Population | 3.4 millionWikidata, 2023 | 2.9 millionWikidata, 2015 |
| Rank by population | 134th of 237worldwide | 17th of 32in Mexico |
| Density | 19 per km² | 134 per km² |
| Capital | Montevideo | Pachuca |
| Latitude range | 35°S to 30°S | 20°N to 21°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 21,300 km² is 2.3% above Wikidata's official figure of 20,800 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