Uruguay is 9.76× the size of Saxony
Uruguay (South America) covers about 177,000 km² (68,500 mi²) and Saxony (state of Germany) about 18,200 km² (7,010 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 177,000km²Uruguay
- 18,200km²Saxony
100 km
- Uruguay
- Saxony
What fits
- Saxony fits inside Uruguay about 9.76 times by area.
- Uruguay is larger by 159,000 km² (61,500 mi²), which is 876% of the area of Saxony.
- Measured in Belgiums: Uruguay is about 5.78, Saxony about 0.59.
How they differ
- Uruguay is larger, but Saxony has the larger population: 4.1 million against 3.4 million, 1.19× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 225 in Saxony against 19 in Uruguay: Saxony is 11.6× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 11,500 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Uruguay at 33°S is drawn about 1.4× too large and Saxony at 51°N about 2.5×, so the map shows Uruguay as 5.46× the size of Saxony instead of 9.76×.
- Together Uruguay and Saxony cover 196,000 km², close to the size of Senegal (196,000 km², 0.4% bigger).
- The gap between them, 159,000 km², is about the size of Tunisia (157,000 km²).
- At Saxony's density, Uruguay would have 39.9 million people (it has 3.4 million). At Uruguay's density, Saxony would have 353,000 (it has 4.1 million).
- Saxony's centre is 83.8° of latitude, about 9,320 km, farther north than Uruguay's.
- Uruguay ranks 91st of 246 countries and territories by area.
- Saxony is the 10th largest of the 16 states of Germany and covers 5.1% of its area; it is the 8th most densely populated of them.
- Saxony lies about 84° of latitude (roughly 9,320 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 Saxony about 4,450 m².
- Laid side by side, Uruguay and Saxony would cover 196,000 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, Saxony would rank 157th by area and 130th by population.
Side by side
| Uruguay | Saxony | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | CountrySouth America | StateGermany |
| Area, measured | 177,000 km²68,500 mi² | 18,200 km²7,010 mi² |
| Official area | 176,000 km²Wikidata | 18,400 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 90th of 239worldwide | 10th of 16in Germany |
| Population | 3.4 millionWikidata, 2023 | 4.1 millionWikidata, 2022 |
| Rank by population | 134th of 237worldwide | 7th of 16in Germany |
| Density | 19 per km² | 225 per km² |
| Capital | Montevideo | Dresden |
| Latitude range | 35°S to 30°S | 50°N to 52°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 18,400 km² agrees with our measured area of 18,200 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