South Africa is 6.9 times larger than Uruguay.
Area: 176,215 km2 World Factbook
Population: 3,332,972 (July 2014) World Factbook
Uruguay, EWR-ə-gwy; officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay or the Eastern Republic of Uruguay or the Republic East of the Uruguay, is a country in the southeastern region of South America. Wikipedia
Area: 1,214,470 km2 World Factbook
Population: 48,375,645 (July 2014) World Factbook
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa, is a country located at the southern tip of Africa. It has 2,798 kilometres of coastline that stretches along the South Atlantic and Indian oceans. Wikipedia