Uruguay is 5.52× the size of Pays de la Loire

Uruguay (South America) covers about 177,000 km² (68,500 mi²) and Pays de la Loire (region of France) about 32,100 km² (12,400 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

177,000km²Uruguay
32,100km²Pays de la Loire

100 km

Uruguay
Pays de la Loire

What fits

Pays de la Loire fits inside Uruguay about 5.52 times by area.
Uruguay is larger by 145,000 km² (56,100 mi²), which is 452% of the area of Pays de la Loire.
Measured in Belgiums: Uruguay is about 5.78, Pays de la Loire about 1.05.

How they differ

Uruguay is larger, but Pays de la Loire has the larger population: 3.9 million against 3.4 million, 1.13× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 121 in Pays de la Loire against 19 in Uruguay: Pays de la Loire is 6.22× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 10,500 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Uruguay at 33°S is drawn about 1.4× too large and Pays de la Loire at 47°N about 2.2×, so the map shows Uruguay as 3.57× the size of Pays de la Loire instead of 5.52×.
Together Uruguay and Pays de la Loire cover 209,000 km², close to the size of Guyana (211,000 km², 0.8% bigger).
The gap between them, 145,000 km², is about the size of Suriname (145,000 km²).
At Pays de la Loire's density, Uruguay would have 21.4 million people (it has 3.4 million). At Uruguay's density, Pays de la Loire would have 624,000 (it has 3.9 million).
Pays de la Loire's centre is 80.3° of latitude, about 8,930 km, farther north than Uruguay's.
Uruguay ranks 91st of 246 countries and territories by area.
Pays de la Loire is the 8th largest of the 18 regions of France and covers 5.0% of its area; it is the 9th most densely populated of them.
Pays de la Loire lies about 80° of latitude (roughly 8,930 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 Pays de la Loire about 8,280 m².
Laid side by side, Uruguay and Pays de la Loire would cover 209,000 km², about the same size as Guyana.
Together they have 7.3 million people, about as many people as Kyrgyzstan.
Counted as a country, Pays de la Loire would rank 140th by area and 131st by population.

Side by side

	Uruguay	Pays de la Loire
Is a	CountrySouth America	RegionFrance
Area, measured	177,000 km²68,500 mi²	32,100 km²12,400 mi²
Official area	176,000 km²Wikidata	32,100 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	90th of 239worldwide	8th of 18in France
Population	3.4 millionWikidata, 2023	3.9 millionWikidata, 2022
Rank by population	134th of 237worldwide	8th of 18in France
Density	19 per km²	121 per km²
Capital	Montevideo	Nantes
Latitude range	35°S to 30°S	46°N to 49°N

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 32,100 km² agrees with our measured area of 32,100 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. The outline of Pays de la Loire is the departments Natural Earth draws there, joined along their shared borders.
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

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