Country size comparison

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Uruguay is about 8 times bigger than Israel.

Israel is approximately 21,937 sq km, while Uruguay is approximately 176,215 sq km, making Uruguay 703% larger than Israel. Meanwhile, the population of Israel is ~8.9 million people (5.5 million fewer people live in Uruguay).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Israel vs. Uruguay uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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