Country size comparison

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Michigan is about 1.4 times bigger than Uruguay.

Uruguay is approximately 176,215 sq km, while Michigan is approximately 250,493 sq km, making Michigan 42% larger than Uruguay. Meanwhile, the population of Uruguay is ~3.4 million people (6.5 million more people live in Michigan).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Uruguay vs. Michigan uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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