British Columbia is 1.65× the size of Ukraine

British Columbia (province of Canada) covers about 946,000 km² (365,000 mi²) and Ukraine (Europe) about 572,000 km² (221,000 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

946,000km²British Columbia
572,000km²Ukraine

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British Columbia
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What fits

Ukraine is 60% of the size of British Columbia.
British Columbia is larger by 374,000 km² (144,000 mi²), which is 65% of the area of Ukraine.
Measured in Belgiums: British Columbia is about 30.8, Ukraine about 18.7.

How they differ

British Columbia is larger, but Ukraine has the larger population: 41.2 million against 5.0 million, 8.23× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 72 in Ukraine against 5.3 in British Columbia: Ukraine is 13.6× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 8,260 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: British Columbia at 55°N is drawn about 3.0× too large and Ukraine at 49°N about 2.3×, so the map shows British Columbia as 2.10× the size of Ukraine instead of 1.65×.
Together British Columbia and Ukraine cover 1,518,000 km², close to the size of Mongolia (1,565,000 km², 3.1% bigger).
The gap between them, 374,000 km², is about the size of Japan (374,000 km²).
At Ukraine's density, British Columbia would have 68.1 million people (it has 5.0 million). At British Columbia's density, Ukraine would have 3.0 million (it has 41.2 million).
British Columbia's centre is 5.4° of latitude, about 600 km, farther north than Ukraine's.
British Columbia is the 5th largest of the 13 provinces and territories of Canada and covers 9.5% of its area; it is the 7th most densely populated of them.
Ukraine ranks 49th of 246 countries and territories by area.
British Columbia lies about 5° of latitude (roughly 597 km) north of Ukraine.
Shared out evenly, each person in British Columbia would have about 189,090 m² and each person in Ukraine about 13,890 m².
Laid side by side, British Columbia and Ukraine would cover 1,518,000 km², 97% of the size of Mongolia.
Together they have 46.2 million people, about as many people as Algeria.
Counted as a country, British Columbia would rank 31st by area and 125th by population.

Side by side

	British Columbia	Ukraine
Is a	ProvinceCanada	CountryEurope
Area, measured	946,000 km²365,000 mi²	572,000 km²221,000 mi²
Official area	945,000 km²Wikidata	604,000 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	5th of 13in Canada	48th of 239worldwide
Population	5.0 millionWikidata, 2021	41.2 millionWikidata, 2022
Rank by population	3rd of 13in Canada	35th of 237worldwide
Density	5.3 per km²	72 per km²
Capital	Victoria	Kyiv
Latitude range	48°N to 60°N	45°N to 52°N

Population: Wikidata 2021 and Wikidata 2022. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 945,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 946,000 km², to within 2%.
Our measured 572,000 km² is 5.2% below Wikidata's official figure of 604,000 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.

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Sources and method

Outlines: Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain for the region; Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, public domain
Boundary: De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth. A region is drawn whole, every island included; a country is its main territory.
Area: Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outlines, shown rounded.
Drawing: Each outline is projected with an equal-area projection centred on its own centroid, so areas stay true and the two can be laid over each other.
Data built: 2026-11-12

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