Uruguay is 2.76× the size of San Luis Potosí
Uruguay (South America) covers about 177,000 km² (68,500 mi²) and San Luis Potosí (state of Mexico) about 64,200 km² (24,800 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 177,000km²Uruguay
- 64,200km²San Luis Potosí
100 km
- Uruguay
- San Luis Potosí
What fits
- San Luis Potosí fits inside Uruguay about 2.76 times by area.
- Uruguay is larger by 113,000 km² (43,700 mi²), which is 176% of the area of San Luis Potosí.
- Measured in Belgiums: Uruguay is about 5.78, San Luis Potosí about 2.09.
How they differ
- Uruguay also has the larger population: 3.4 million against 2.7 million, 1.27× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 42 in San Luis Potosí against 19 in Uruguay: San Luis Potosí is 2.18× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 7,750 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Uruguay at 33°S is drawn about 1.4× too large and San Luis Potosí at 23°N about 1.2×, so the map shows Uruguay as 3.33× the size of San Luis Potosí instead of 2.76×.
- Together Uruguay and San Luis Potosí cover 242,000 km², close to the size of Uganda (242,000 km², 0.1% bigger).
- The gap between them, 113,000 km², is about the size of Bulgaria (113,000 km²).
- At San Luis Potosí's density, Uruguay would have 7.5 million people (it has 3.4 million). At Uruguay's density, San Luis Potosí would have 1.2 million (it has 2.7 million).
- San Luis Potosí's centre is 55.4° of latitude, about 6,160 km, farther north than Uruguay's.
- Uruguay ranks 91st of 246 countries and territories by area.
- San Luis Potosí is the 15th largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers 3.3% of its area; it is the 25th most densely populated of them.
- San Luis Potosí lies about 55° of latitude (roughly 6,160 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 San Luis Potosí about 23,620 m².
- Laid side by side, Uruguay and San Luis Potosí would cover 242,000 km², about the same size as Uganda.
- Together they have 6.2 million people, about as many people as the Republic of the Congo.
- Counted as a country, San Luis Potosí would rank 126th by area and 140th by population.
Side by side
| Uruguay | San Luis Potosí | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | CountrySouth America | StateMexico |
| Area, measured | 177,000 km²68,500 mi² | 64,200 km²24,800 mi² |
| Official area | 176,000 km²Wikidata | 61,000 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 90th of 239worldwide | 15th of 32in Mexico |
| Population | 3.4 millionWikidata, 2023 | 2.7 millionWikidata, 2015 |
| Rank by population | 134th of 237worldwide | 19th of 32in Mexico |
| Density | 19 per km² | 42 per km² |
| Capital | Montevideo | San Luis Potosí |
| Latitude range | 35°S to 30°S | 21°N to 25°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%.
- Our measured 64,200 km² is 5.3% above Wikidata's official figure of 61,000 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.
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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