Somalia vs Uruguay
Somalia is 3.62 times larger than Uruguay. Uruguay would fit into Somalia about 3.6 times.
SomaliaUruguaySomalia moved onto Uruguay · Equal-area projection
3.62×
Somalia is 3.62× the area of Uruguay.
| Somalia | Uruguay | |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 637,657 km² | 176,215 km² |
| Population | 19,654,739 | 3,384,688 |
| Density | 31 / km² | 19 / km² |
| Capital | Mogadishu | Montevideo |
| Region | Eastern Africa | South America |
| Coastline | Has a coast | Has a coast |
| Neighbours | 3 | 2 |
Why the map you grew up with disagrees
On a Mercator map, area grows with distance from the equator. Somalia sits at about 5°N and is stretched to 1.01× its true area; Uruguay at 33° S is stretched to 1.42×. Here the two are distorted about the same amount, so Mercator gets this pair roughly right. The figure above uses the Equal Earth projection, where every square kilometre is drawn the same size.
Questions about this pair
- Is Somalia bigger than Uruguay?
- Yes. Somalia is 3.62 times larger than Uruguay. Somalia covers 637,657 km² and Uruguay covers 176,215 km².
- How many times does Uruguay fit into Somalia?
- About 3.6 times: Somalia has 3.62× the area of Uruguay.
- Why do Somalia and Uruguay look different on Google Maps?
- Web maps use the Mercator projection, which stretches area with distance from the equator. Somalia is drawn about 1.01× its true area there and Uruguay about 1.42×. For this pair the distortion is similar, so Mercator gets the comparison roughly right. Kartavera uses Equal Earth, where every square kilometre is drawn the same size.
- Which has more people, Somalia or Uruguay?
- Somalia: 19,654,739 people against 3,384,688. Density: Somalia 31 per km², Uruguay 19 per km².