Country size comparison

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Uruguay is about 1.7 times bigger than Virginia.

Virginia is approximately 102,548 sq km, while Uruguay is approximately 176,215 sq km, making Uruguay 72% larger than Virginia. Meanwhile, the population of Virginia is ~8.0 million people (4.6 million fewer people live in Uruguay).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Virginia vs. Uruguay uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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