Country size comparison

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Uruguay is about 490 times bigger than Detroit.

Detroit is approximately 359 sq km, while Uruguay is approximately 176,215 sq km, making Uruguay 48,943% larger than Detroit.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Detroit vs. Uruguay uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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