South America · Capital Montevideo

Uruguay

Uruguay's best placing is 27th of 194 for land area per person.

Best placing: #27Land area per person
Top 10 placings: 0 / 17
Population: 3.4 million
Land area: 175,020 km²

Every ranking

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Land area per person

#27 of 194

0.052 km² of land per person

World Bank · 2023

Airports per person

#40 of 192

19.20 airports per million people

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

Railways per person

#33 of 134

494.28 km of railway per million people

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2016

GDP per person

#47 of 182

25,216 GDP per person (US$)

World Bank · 2025

Forest per person

#56 of 194

0.0062 km² of forest per person

World Bank · 2023

Rainfall

#69 of 179

1,300 mm of precipitation per year

9th in South America · World Bank · 2022

Airports

#75 of 193

65 airports

10th in South America · Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

GDP

#81 of 182

85,347,696,278 US$ (current prices)

8th in South America · World Bank · 2025

Land area

#89 of 194

175,020 km² of land

11th in South America · World Bank · 2023

Railways by area

#67 of 133

9.56 km of railway per 1,000 km²

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2016

Airports by area

#101 of 191

3.71 airports per 10,000 km²

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

Forest

#107 of 194

20,940 km² of forest

12th in South America · World Bank · 2023

Coastline

#85 of 151

660 km of coastline

8th in South America · Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

Railways

#79 of 135

1,673 km of railway

7th in South America · Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2016

Population

#132 of 195

3,384,688 people

10th in South America · World Bank · 2025

Forest by area

#141 of 194

12.0 % of land area covered by forest

World Bank · 2023

Population by area

#168 of 194

19.34 people per km²

World Bank · 2025

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