South America
Uruguay
Uruguay covers about 177,000 km² (68,500 mi²), the 91st largest of the 246 places listed here. That is close to Cambodia, at about 181,000 km².
- 177,000km²Area, main territory
- 3.4 millionPopulation
- 5.78In Belgiums
100 km
- Uruguay
Facts
| Area, main territory | 177,000 km²68,500 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 176,000 km²Wikidata · agrees with our measure |
| In Belgiums | 5.78 |
| Capital | Montevideo |
| Population | 3.4 millionWikidata, 2023 |
| Density | 19 people per km² |
| Latitude range | 35°S to 30°S |
| In other languages | Uruguai Português · ウルグアイ 日本語 · 乌拉圭 中文 · 우루과이 한국어 |
| Continent | South America#11 of 13 countries by area |
What the numbers say about Uruguay
- Russia, the largest place listed, is 95.7× the size of Uruguay.
- Uruguay ranks 90th of 239 by area but only 134th of 237 by population: it holds fewer people than its size suggests.
- At 19 people per km², Uruguay is the 151st most densely populated of the 185 places over 1,000 km²; the median is 72 per km².
- On a standard web map (Web Mercator), a place at 33°S is drawn about 1.4× too large in area, so Uruguay looks bigger there than it is.
- Laid out flat, Uruguay's main territory stretches about 542 km north to south and 495 km east to west.
- Wikidata's official figure of 176,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 177,000 km², to within 2%.
How Uruguay measures up
Uruguay holds 1.0% of the land area and 0.8% of the people of the 13 countries listed for South America.
| Where it ranks | Figure | Position |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 177,000 km² | 90th of 239 |
| Population | 3.4 million | 134th of 237 |
| Density | 19 per km² | 151st of 185 |
| Farthest north | 32.8°S | 208th of 212 |
| Compared with | Its area | Uruguay is |
|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 30,700 km² | 5.78× its size |
| United Kingdom | 244,000 km² | 0.73× its size |
| Germany | 358,000 km² | 0.50× its size |
| Japan | 374,000 km² | 0.47× its size |
| France | 548,000 km² | 0.32× its size |
| India | 3,151,000 km² | 0.06× its size |
| Brazil | 8,473,000 km² | 0.02× its size |
| United States | 9,447,000 km² | 0.02× its size |
| Russia | 16,980,000 km² | 0.01× its size |
Where Uruguay sits
- Uruguay's centre lies at 32.8°S, 56.0°W, in the southern and western hemispheres, about 3,650 km from the equator.
- Its main territory spans 35°S to 30°S, about 540 km from its southern edge to its northern.
Closest neighbours, by distance between centres
If Uruguay had other densities
- At Bangladesh's density of 1,252 people per km², Uruguay would have 222.1 million people. It has 3.4 million.
- At Canada's density of 3.7 people per km², Uruguay would have 660,000 people. It has 3.4 million.
- At the median density of the places listed, 72 per km², it would have 12.8 million.
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Sources and method
- Outline
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, public domain
- Boundary
- De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth.
- Area
- Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outline, shown rounded
- Official figures
- Area, population and capital from Wikidata (CC0), fetched 2026-11-11
- Population
- Wikidata, 2023; covers the whole country, overseas territory included
- Data built
- 2026-11-11