Country size comparison

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Uruguay is about 4.9 times bigger than Taiwan.

Taiwan is approximately 35,980 sq km, while Uruguay is approximately 176,215 sq km, making Uruguay 390% larger than Taiwan. Meanwhile, the population of Taiwan is ~23.6 million people (20.2 million fewer people live in Uruguay).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Taiwan vs. Uruguay uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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