Country size comparison

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Spain is about 2.9 times bigger than Uruguay.

Uruguay is approximately 176,215 sq km, while Spain is approximately 505,370 sq km, making Spain 187% larger than Uruguay. Meanwhile, the population of Uruguay is ~3.4 million people (43.8 million more people live in Spain).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Uruguay vs. Spain uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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