Uruguay is 3.14× the size of Paraíba
Uruguay (South America) covers about 177,000 km² (68,500 mi²) and Paraíba (state of Brazil) about 56,500 km² (21,800 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 177,000km²Uruguay
- 56,500km²Paraíba
100 km
- Uruguay
- Paraíba
What fits
- Paraíba fits inside Uruguay about 3.14 times by area.
- Uruguay is larger by 121,000 km² (46,700 mi²), which is 214% of the area of Paraíba.
- Measured in Belgiums: Uruguay is about 5.78, Paraíba about 1.84.
How they differ
- Uruguay is larger, but Paraíba has the larger population: 4.0 million against 3.4 million, 1.15× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 70 in Paraíba against 19 in Uruguay: Paraíba is 3.62× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 3,470 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Uruguay at 33°S is drawn about 1.4× too large and Paraíba at 7°S about 1.0×, so the map shows Uruguay as 4.37× the size of Paraíba instead of 3.14×.
- Together Uruguay and Paraíba cover 234,000 km², close to the size of Romania (236,000 km², 1.1% bigger).
- The gap between them, 121,000 km², is about the size of Malawi (119,000 km²).
- At Paraíba's density, Uruguay would have 12.5 million people (it has 3.4 million). At Uruguay's density, Paraíba would have 1.1 million (it has 4.0 million).
- Paraíba's centre is 25.7° of latitude, about 2,850 km, farther north than Uruguay's.
- Uruguay ranks 91st of 246 countries and territories by area.
- Paraíba is the 21st largest of the 27 states and districts of Brazil and covers 0.7% of its area; it is the 9th most densely populated of them.
- Paraíba lies about 26° of latitude (roughly 2,850 km) north of Uruguay.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Uruguay would have about 51,490 m² and each person in Paraíba about 14,220 m².
- Laid side by side, Uruguay and Paraíba would cover 234,000 km², about the same size as Romania.
- Together they have 7.4 million people, about as many people as Libya.
- Counted as a country, Paraíba would rank 127th by area and 130th by population.
Side by side
| Uruguay | Paraíba | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | CountrySouth America | StateBrazil |
| Area, measured | 177,000 km²68,500 mi² | 56,500 km²21,800 mi² |
| Official area | 176,000 km²Wikidata | 56,600 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 90th of 239worldwide | 21st of 27in Brazil |
| Population | 3.4 millionWikidata, 2023 | 4.0 millionWikidata, 2022 |
| Rank by population | 134th of 237worldwide | 13th of 27in Brazil |
| Density | 19 per km² | 70 per km² |
| Capital | Montevideo | João Pessoa |
| Latitude range | 35°S to 30°S | 8°S to 6°S |
Population: Wikidata 2023 and Wikidata 2022. 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 56,600 km² agrees with our measured area of 56,500 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