Uruguay is 1.05× the size of Wisconsin

Uruguay (South America) covers about 177,000 km² (68,500 mi²) and Wisconsin (state of the United States) about 169,000 km² (65,400 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

177,000km²Uruguay
169,000km²Wisconsin

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Uruguay
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What fits

Wisconsin is 96% of the size of Uruguay.
Uruguay is larger by 7,950 km² (3,070 mi²), which is 4.7% of the area of Wisconsin.
Measured in Belgiums: Uruguay is about 5.78, Wisconsin about 5.52.

How they differ

Uruguay is larger, but Wisconsin has the larger population: 5.9 million against 3.4 million, 1.71× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 35 in Wisconsin against 19 in Uruguay: Wisconsin is 1.79× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 9,260 km apart.
On a standard web map Wisconsin looks larger than Uruguay: Uruguay at 33°S is drawn about 1.4× too large and Wisconsin at 45°N about 2.0×, so the map shows Wisconsin as 1.33× the size of Uruguay, when Uruguay is 1.05× the size of Wisconsin.
Together Uruguay and Wisconsin cover 347,000 km², close to the size of Republic of the Congo (345,000 km², 0.5% smaller).
The gap between them, 7,950 km², is about the size of Lebanon (10,000 km²).
At Wisconsin's density, Uruguay would have 6.2 million people (it has 3.4 million). At Uruguay's density, Wisconsin would have 3.3 million (it has 5.9 million).
Wisconsin's centre is 77.4° of latitude, about 8,610 km, farther north than Uruguay's.
Uruguay ranks 91st of 246 countries and territories by area.
Wisconsin is the 22nd largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers 1.8% of its area; it is the 28th most densely populated of them.
Wisconsin lies about 77° of latitude (roughly 8,610 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 Wisconsin about 28,740 m².
Laid side by side, Uruguay and Wisconsin would cover 347,000 km², about the same size as the Republic of the Congo.
Together they have 9.3 million people, about as many people as Tajikistan.
Counted as a country, Wisconsin would rank 91st by area and 115th by population.

Side by side

	Uruguay	Wisconsin
Is a	CountrySouth America	StateUnited States
Area, measured	177,000 km²68,500 mi²	169,000 km²65,400 mi²
Official area	176,000 km²Wikidata	170,000 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	90th of 239worldwide	22nd of 51in the United States
Population	3.4 millionWikidata, 2023	5.9 millionWikidata, 2020
Rank by population	134th of 237worldwide	20th of 51in the United States
Density	19 per km²	35 per km²
Capital	Montevideo	Madison
Latitude range	35°S to 30°S	42°N to 47°N

Population: Wikidata 2023 and Wikidata 2020. 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 170,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 169,000 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

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