Country size comparison

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Greenland is about 12 times bigger than Uruguay.

Uruguay is approximately 176,215 sq km, while Greenland is approximately 2,166,086 sq km, making Greenland 1,129% larger than Uruguay. Meanwhile, the population of Uruguay is ~3.4 million people (3.3 million fewer people live in Greenland).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Uruguay vs. Greenland uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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