Uruguay is 28.0× the size of Ibaraki
Uruguay (South America) covers about 177,000 km² (68,500 mi²) and Ibaraki (prefecture of Japan) about 6,340 km² (2,450 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 177,000km²Uruguay
- 6,340km²Ibaraki
100 km
- Uruguay
- Ibaraki
What fits
- Ibaraki fits inside Uruguay about 28.0 times by area.
- Uruguay is larger by 171,000 km² (66,000 mi²), which is 2,699% of the area of Ibaraki.
- Measured in Belgiums: Uruguay is about 5.78, Ibaraki about 0.21.
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 452 in Ibaraki against 19 in Uruguay: Ibaraki is 23.3× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 18,500 km apart.
- Together Uruguay and Ibaraki cover 184,000 km², close to the size of Syria (186,000 km², 1.2% bigger).
- The gap between them, 171,000 km², is about the size of Somaliland (167,000 km²).
- At Ibaraki's density, Uruguay would have 80.1 million people (it has 3.4 million). At Uruguay's density, Ibaraki would have 123,000 (it has 2.9 million).
- Ibaraki's centre is 69.1° of latitude, about 7,680 km, farther north than Uruguay's.
- Uruguay ranks 91st of 246 countries and territories by area.
- Ibaraki is the 23rd largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 1.7% of its area; it is the 13th most densely populated of them.
- Ibaraki lies about 69° of latitude (roughly 7,680 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 Ibaraki about 2,210 m².
- Laid side by side, Uruguay and Ibaraki would cover 184,000 km², about the same size as Syria.
- Together they have 6.3 million people, about as many people as Bulgaria.
- Counted as a country, Ibaraki would rank 171st by area and 138th by population.
Side by side
| Uruguay | Ibaraki | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | CountrySouth America | PrefectureJapan |
| Area, measured | 177,000 km²68,500 mi² | 6,340 km²2,450 mi² |
| Official area | 176,000 km²Wikidata | 6,100 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 90th of 239worldwide | 23rd of 47in Japan |
| Population | 3.4 millionWikidata, 2023 | 2.9 millionWikidata, 2021 |
| Rank by population | 134th of 237worldwide | 11th of 47in Japan |
| Density | 19 per km² | 452 per km² |
| Capital | Montevideo | Mito |
| Latitude range | 35°S to 30°S | 36°N to 37°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 6,340 km² is 3.9% above Wikidata's official figure of 6,100 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