Country size comparison
compared to
South Africa is about 7 times bigger than Uruguay.
Uruguay is approximately 176,215 sq km, while South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, making South Africa 592% larger than Uruguay. Meanwhile, the population of Uruguay is ~3.4 million people (54.1 million more people live in South Africa).
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