Country size comparison
compared to
Switzerland is about 4.3 times smaller than Uruguay.
Uruguay is approximately 176,215 sq km, while Switzerland is approximately 41,277 sq km, making Switzerland 23.42% the size of Uruguay. Meanwhile, the population of Uruguay is ~3.4 million people (5.1 million more people live in Switzerland).
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