Country size comparison

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Uruguay is about 1.2 times smaller than Minnesota.

Minnesota is approximately 206,189 sq km, while Uruguay is approximately 176,215 sq km, making Uruguay 85.46% the size of Minnesota. Meanwhile, the population of Minnesota is ~5.3 million people (1.9 million fewer people live in Uruguay).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Minnesota vs. Uruguay uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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