Uruguay Is That Big? Really?

Maps are so confusing, well maybe just to me. I feel like USA is HUGE, for example. I lived in Australia before, and realized only there that Australia and the US are basically the same size. Or that the US is over TWICE the size of Western Europe with all of those countries. Then enter Uruguay....

Uruguay has a total area of approximately 68,000 square miles (176,000 square kilometers), which is a bit smaller than the size of the US state of Missouri (180,000 square kilometers or 70,000 square miles).

To put it in perspective, the United States is more than 55 times larger than Uruguay in terms of land area. Uruguay is a nice LITTLE country tucked in between some much bigger neighbors for sure.