Country size comparison
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Uruguay is about 2.3 times smaller than California.
California is approximately 403,882 sq km, while Uruguay is approximately 176,215 sq km, making Uruguay 43.63% the size of California. Meanwhile, the population of California is ~37.3 million people (33.8 million fewer people live in Uruguay).
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