Uruguay is around the same size as North Dakota.

North Dakota is approximately 178,647 sq km, while Uruguay is approximately 176,215 sq km, making Uruguay 98.64% the size of North Dakota. Meanwhile, the population of North Dakota is ~672,591 people (2.7 million more people live in Uruguay).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of North Dakota vs. Uruguay uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.