Uruguay is 1.92× the size of Oaxaca
Uruguay (South America) covers about 177,000 km² (68,500 mi²) and Oaxaca (state of Mexico) about 92,200 km² (35,600 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 177,000km²Uruguay
- 92,200km²Oaxaca
100 km
- Uruguay
- Oaxaca
What fits
- Oaxaca is 52% of the size of Uruguay.
- Uruguay is larger by 85,200 km² (32,900 mi²), which is 92% of the area of Oaxaca.
- Measured in Belgiums: Uruguay is about 5.78, Oaxaca about 3.00.
How they differ
- Uruguay is larger, but Oaxaca has the larger population: 4.0 million against 3.4 million, 1.15× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 43 in Oaxaca against 19 in Uruguay: Oaxaca is 2.22× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 7,000 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Uruguay at 33°S is drawn about 1.4× too large and Oaxaca at 17°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Uruguay as 2.49× the size of Oaxaca instead of 1.92×.
- Together Uruguay and Oaxaca cover 269,000 km², close to the size of New Zealand (268,000 km², 0.4% smaller).
- The gap between them, 85,200 km², is about the size of Azerbaijan (86,200 km²).
- At Oaxaca's density, Uruguay would have 7.6 million people (it has 3.4 million). At Uruguay's density, Oaxaca would have 1.8 million (it has 4.0 million).
- Oaxaca's centre is 49.8° of latitude, about 5,530 km, farther north than Uruguay's.
- Uruguay ranks 91st of 246 countries and territories by area.
- Oaxaca is the 5th largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers 4.7% of its area; it is the 23rd most densely populated of them.
- Oaxaca lies about 50° of latitude (roughly 5,530 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 Oaxaca about 23,230 m².
- Laid side by side, Uruguay and Oaxaca would cover 269,000 km², about the same size as New Zealand.
- Together they have 7.4 million people, about as many people as Libya.
- Counted as a country, Oaxaca would rank 111th by area and 130th by population.
Side by side
| Uruguay | Oaxaca | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | CountrySouth America | StateMexico |
| Area, measured | 177,000 km²68,500 mi² | 92,200 km²35,600 mi² |
| Official area | 176,000 km²Wikidata | 93,800 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 90th of 239worldwide | 5th of 32in Mexico |
| Population | 3.4 millionWikidata, 2023 | 4.0 millionWikidata, 2015 |
| Rank by population | 134th of 237worldwide | 10th of 32in Mexico |
| Density | 19 per km² | 43 per km² |
| Capital | Montevideo | Oaxaca de Juárez |
| Latitude range | 35°S to 30°S | 16°N to 19°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%.
- Wikidata's official figure of 93,800 km² agrees with our measured area of 92,200 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