Country size comparison

compared to

British Indian Ocean Territory is about 2,937 times smaller than Uruguay.

Uruguay is approximately 176,215 sq km, while British Indian Ocean Territory is approximately 60 sq km, making British Indian Ocean Territory 0.03% the size of Uruguay. Meanwhile, the population of Uruguay is ~3.4 million people (3.4 million fewer people live in British Indian Ocean Territory).

Tip: This to-scale comparison of Uruguay vs. British Indian Ocean Territory uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.