Uruguay is 8.82× the size of Rhineland-Palatinate

Uruguay (South America) covers about 177,000 km² (68,500 mi²) and Rhineland-Palatinate (state of Germany) about 20,100 km² (7,760 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

177,000km²Uruguay
20,100km²Rhineland-Palatinate

100 km

Uruguay
Rhineland-Palatinate

What fits

Rhineland-Palatinate fits inside Uruguay about 8.82 times by area.
Uruguay is larger by 157,000 km² (60,700 mi²), which is 782% of the area of Rhineland-Palatinate.
Measured in Belgiums: Uruguay is about 5.78, Rhineland-Palatinate about 0.66.

How they differ

Uruguay is larger, but Rhineland-Palatinate has the larger population: 4.1 million against 3.4 million, 1.19× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 204 in Rhineland-Palatinate against 19 in Uruguay: Rhineland-Palatinate is 10.5× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 11,100 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Uruguay at 33°S is drawn about 1.4× too large and Rhineland-Palatinate at 50°N about 2.4×, so the map shows Uruguay as 5.18× the size of Rhineland-Palatinate instead of 8.82×.
Together Uruguay and Rhineland-Palatinate cover 197,000 km², close to the size of Senegal (196,000 km², 0.6% smaller).
The gap between them, 157,000 km², is about the size of Tunisia (157,000 km²).
At Rhineland-Palatinate's density, Uruguay would have 36.1 million people (it has 3.4 million). At Uruguay's density, Rhineland-Palatinate would have 390,000 (it has 4.1 million).
Rhineland-Palatinate's centre is 82.7° of latitude, about 9,200 km, farther north than Uruguay's.
Uruguay ranks 91st of 246 countries and territories by area.
Rhineland-Palatinate is the 9th largest of the 16 states of Germany and covers 5.6% of its area; it is the 9th most densely populated of them.
Rhineland-Palatinate lies about 83° of latitude (roughly 9,200 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 Rhineland-Palatinate about 4,910 m².
Laid side by side, Uruguay and Rhineland-Palatinate would cover 197,000 km², about the same size as Senegal.
Together they have 7.5 million people, about as many people as Sierra Leone.
Counted as a country, Rhineland-Palatinate would rank 155th by area and 130th by population.

Side by side

	Uruguay	Rhineland-Palatinate
Is a	CountrySouth America	StateGermany
Area, measured	177,000 km²68,500 mi²	20,100 km²7,760 mi²
Official area	176,000 km²Wikidata	19,900 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	90th of 239worldwide	9th of 16in Germany
Population	3.4 millionWikidata, 2023	4.1 millionWikidata, 2022
Rank by population	134th of 237worldwide	6th of 16in Germany
Density	19 per km²	204 per km²
Capital	Montevideo	Mainz
Latitude range	35°S to 30°S	49°N to 51°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 19,900 km² agrees with our measured area of 20,100 km², to within 2%.

Similar in size to Uruguay

Similar in size to Rhineland-Palatinate

More comparisons

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

Full method