Uruguay is 11.5× the size of Schleswig-Holstein

Uruguay (South America) covers about 177,000 km² (68,500 mi²) and Schleswig-Holstein (state of Germany) about 15,400 km² (5,960 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

177,000km²Uruguay
15,400km²Schleswig-Holstein

100 km

Uruguay
Schleswig-Holstein

What fits

Schleswig-Holstein fits inside Uruguay about 11.5 times by area.
Uruguay is larger by 162,000 km² (62,500 mi²), which is 1,049% of the area of Schleswig-Holstein.
Measured in Belgiums: Uruguay is about 5.78, Schleswig-Holstein about 0.50.

How they differ

Uruguay also has the larger population: 3.4 million against 3.0 million, 1.17× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 191 in Schleswig-Holstein against 19 in Uruguay: Schleswig-Holstein is 9.85× 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 Schleswig-Holstein at 54°N about 2.9×, so the map shows Uruguay as 5.57× the size of Schleswig-Holstein instead of 11.5×.
Together Uruguay and Schleswig-Holstein cover 193,000 km², close to the size of Senegal (196,000 km², 1.8% bigger).
The gap between them, 162,000 km², is about the size of Tunisia (157,000 km²).
At Schleswig-Holstein's density, Uruguay would have 33.9 million people (it has 3.4 million). At Uruguay's density, Schleswig-Holstein would have 300,000 (it has 3.0 million).
Schleswig-Holstein's centre is 87.0° of latitude, about 9,670 km, farther north than Uruguay's.
Uruguay ranks 91st of 246 countries and territories by area.
Schleswig-Holstein is the 12th largest of the 16 states of Germany and covers 4.3% of its area; it is the 10th most densely populated of them.
Schleswig-Holstein lies about 87° of latitude (roughly 9,670 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 Schleswig-Holstein about 5,230 m².
Laid side by side, Uruguay and Schleswig-Holstein would cover 193,000 km², about the same size as Senegal.
Together they have 6.4 million people, about as many people as Bulgaria.
Counted as a country, Schleswig-Holstein would rank 159th by area and 137th by population.

Side by side

	Uruguay	Schleswig-Holstein
Is a	CountrySouth America	StateGermany
Area, measured	177,000 km²68,500 mi²	15,400 km²5,960 mi²
Official area	176,000 km²Wikidata	15,800 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	90th of 239worldwide	12th of 16in Germany
Population	3.4 millionWikidata, 2023	3.0 millionWikidata, 2022
Rank by population	134th of 237worldwide	9th of 16in Germany
Density	19 per km²	191 per km²
Capital	Montevideo	Kiel
Latitude range	35°S to 30°S	53°N to 55°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%.
Our measured 15,400 km² is 2.3% below Wikidata's official figure of 15,800 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.

Similar in size to Uruguay

Similar in size to Schleswig-Holstein

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