Country size comparison

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Uruguay is about 8 times bigger than El Salvador.

El Salvador is approximately 21,041 sq km, while Uruguay is approximately 176,215 sq km, making Uruguay 737% larger than El Salvador. Meanwhile, the population of El Salvador is ~6.6 million people (3.2 million fewer people live in Uruguay).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of El Salvador vs. Uruguay uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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Be 2.7 times more likely to live below the poverty line in El Salvador
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Cost of Living Comparison · 7 categories - 2026 data
El Salvador is 26.2% cheaper than Uruguay overall
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Moving from Uruguay to El Salvador · UN DESA 2020
76 people born in Uruguay live in El Salvador.
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