Country size comparison

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Italy is about 1.7 times bigger than Uruguay.

Uruguay is approximately 176,215 sq km, while Italy is approximately 301,340 sq km, making Italy 71% larger than Uruguay. Meanwhile, the population of Uruguay is ~3.4 million people (57.7 million more people live in Italy).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Uruguay vs. Italy uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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