Country size comparison

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Kentucky is about 1.7 times smaller than Uruguay.

Uruguay is approximately 176,215 sq km, while Kentucky is approximately 102,896 sq km, making Kentucky 58.39% the size of Uruguay. Meanwhile, the population of Uruguay is ~3.4 million people (932,154 more people live in Kentucky).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Uruguay vs. Kentucky uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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