Uruguay is 21.4× the size of Hiroshima
Uruguay (South America) covers about 177,000 km² (68,500 mi²) and Hiroshima (prefecture of Japan) about 8,300 km² (3,210 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 177,000km²Uruguay
- 8,300km²Hiroshima
100 km
- Uruguay
- Hiroshima
What fits
- Hiroshima fits inside Uruguay about 21.4 times by area.
- Uruguay is larger by 169,000 km² (65,300 mi²), which is 2,036% of the area of Hiroshima.
- Measured in Belgiums: Uruguay is about 5.78, Hiroshima about 0.27.
How they differ
- Uruguay also has the larger population: 3.4 million against 2.8 million, 1.23× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 336 in Hiroshima against 19 in Uruguay: Hiroshima is 17.3× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 19,200 km apart.
- Together Uruguay and Hiroshima cover 186,000 km², close to the size of Syria (186,000 km², 0.2% bigger).
- The gap between them, 169,000 km², is about the size of Somaliland (167,000 km²).
- At Hiroshima's density, Uruguay would have 59.6 million people (it has 3.4 million). At Uruguay's density, Hiroshima would have 161,000 (it has 2.8 million).
- Hiroshima's centre is 67.4° of latitude, about 7,490 km, farther north than Uruguay's.
- Uruguay ranks 91st of 246 countries and territories by area.
- Hiroshima is the 12th largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 2.2% of its area; it is the 16th most densely populated of them.
- Hiroshima lies about 67° of latitude (roughly 7,490 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 Hiroshima about 2,970 m².
- Laid side by side, Uruguay and Hiroshima would cover 186,000 km², about the same size as Syria.
- Together they have 6.2 million people, about as many people as the Republic of the Congo.
- Counted as a country, Hiroshima would rank 170th by area and 140th by population.
Side by side
| Uruguay | Hiroshima | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | CountrySouth America | PrefectureJapan |
| Area, measured | 177,000 km²68,500 mi² | 8,300 km²3,210 mi² |
| Official area | 176,000 km²Wikidata | 8,480 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 90th of 239worldwide | 12th of 47in Japan |
| Population | 3.4 millionWikidata, 2023 | 2.8 millionWikidata, 2021 |
| Rank by population | 134th of 237worldwide | 12th of 47in Japan |
| Density | 19 per km² | 336 per km² |
| Capital | Montevideo | Hiroshima |
| Latitude range | 35°S to 30°S | 34°N to 35°N |
Population: Wikidata 2023 and Wikidata 2021. 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 8,300 km² is 2.1% below Wikidata's official figure of 8,480 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