Uruguay covers 176,215 km² on the new Equal Earth world map, 0.1% of all land on Earth. It ranks 92nd of 237 countries worldwide and 11th in South America. At 33° latitude the old Mercator map inflates area by about 1.4×, drawing it closer to 249,344 km², a difference of roughly 42%.
For scale, Uruguay is roughly the same size as Tunisia (163,610 km²).
You could fit 4 of Denmark inside Uruguay.
Uruguay: key figures
| True area | 176,215 km² |
| World rank | 92nd |
| Share of world land | 0.1% |
| Rank in South America | 11th / 14 |
| Old-map (Mercator) inflation | 1.4× |
| Apparent size on Mercator | 249,344 km² |
Largest countries in South America (true area)
| South America | |
|---|
| Brazil | 8,510,346 km² |
| Argentina | 2,780,400 km² |
| Peru | 1,285,216 km² |
| Colombia | 1,138,910 km² |
| Bolivia | 1,098,581 km² |
| Venezuela | 912,050 km² |