Uruguay is 7.67× the size of Meghalaya
Uruguay (South America) covers about 177,000 km² (68,500 mi²) and Meghalaya (state of India) about 23,100 km² (8,930 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 177,000km²Uruguay
- 23,100km²Meghalaya
100 km
- Uruguay
- Meghalaya
What fits
- Meghalaya fits inside Uruguay about 7.67 times by area.
- Uruguay is larger by 154,000 km² (59,500 mi²), which is 667% of the area of Meghalaya.
- Measured in Belgiums: Uruguay is about 5.78, Meghalaya about 0.75.
How they differ
- Uruguay also has the larger population: 3.4 million against 3.0 million, 1.16× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 128 in Meghalaya against 19 in Uruguay: Meghalaya is 6.61× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 16,800 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Uruguay at 33°S is drawn about 1.4× too large and Meghalaya at 26°N about 1.2×, so the map shows Uruguay as 8.84× the size of Meghalaya instead of 7.67×.
- Together Uruguay and Meghalaya cover 200,000 km², close to the size of Kyrgyzstan (199,000 km², 0.7% smaller).
- The gap between them, 154,000 km², is about the size of Tunisia (157,000 km²).
- At Meghalaya's density, Uruguay would have 22.8 million people (it has 3.4 million). At Uruguay's density, Meghalaya would have 449,000 (it has 3.0 million).
- Meghalaya's centre is 58.3° of latitude, about 6,490 km, farther north than Uruguay's.
- Uruguay ranks 91st of 246 countries and territories by area.
- Meghalaya is the 24th largest of the 36 states and union territories of India and covers 0.7% of its area; it is the 29th most densely populated of them.
- Meghalaya lies about 58° of latitude (roughly 6,490 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 Meghalaya about 7,790 m².
- Laid side by side, Uruguay and Meghalaya would cover 200,000 km², about the same size as Kyrgyzstan.
- Together they have 6.4 million people, about as many people as Bulgaria.
- Counted as a country, Meghalaya would rank 150th by area and 137th by population.
Side by side
| Uruguay | Meghalaya | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | CountrySouth America | StateIndia |
| Area, measured | 177,000 km²68,500 mi² | 23,100 km²8,930 mi² |
| Official area | 176,000 km²Wikidata | 22,400 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 90th of 239worldwide | 24th of 36in India |
| Population | 3.4 millionWikidata, 2023 | 3.0 millionWikidata, 2011 |
| Rank by population | 134th of 237worldwide | 24th of 36in India |
| Density | 19 per km² | 128 per km² |
| Capital | Montevideo | Shillong |
| Latitude range | 35°S to 30°S | 25°N to 26°N |
Population: Wikidata 2023 and Wikidata 2011. 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 23,100 km² is 3.1% above Wikidata's official figure of 22,400 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