Burkina Faso is 1.12× the size of United Kingdom

Burkina Faso covers about 273,000 km² (105,000 mi²) and United Kingdom about 244,000 km² (94,100 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

273,000km²Burkina Faso
244,000km²United Kingdom

200 km

Burkina Faso
United Kingdom

What fits

United Kingdom is 89% of the size of Burkina Faso.
Burkina Faso is larger by 29,000 km² (11,200 mi²), which is 12% of the area of United Kingdom.
Measured in Belgiums: Burkina Faso is about 8.89, United Kingdom about 7.95.

How they differ

Burkina Faso is larger, but United Kingdom has the larger population: 67.3 million against 23.0 million, 2.92× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 276 in United Kingdom against 84 in Burkina Faso: United Kingdom is 3.27× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 4,640 km apart.
On a standard web map United Kingdom looks larger than Burkina Faso: Burkina Faso at 12°N is drawn about 1.0× too large and United Kingdom at 54°N about 2.9×, so the map shows United Kingdom as 2.47× the size of Burkina Faso, when Burkina Faso is 1.12× the size of United Kingdom.
Together Burkina Faso and United Kingdom cover 517,000 km², close to the size of Thailand (514,000 km², 0.4% smaller).
The gap between them, 29,000 km², is about the size of Armenia (29,600 km²).
At United Kingdom's density, Burkina Faso would have 75.3 million people (it has 23.0 million). At Burkina Faso's density, United Kingdom would have 20.6 million (it has 67.3 million).
United Kingdom's centre is 41.8° of latitude, about 4,640 km, farther north than Burkina Faso's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Burkina Faso	1.12×
More people	United Kingdom	2.92×
More crowded	United Kingdom	3.27×
Farther north	United Kingdom	41.8° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	United Kingdom	2.9× against 1.0×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Burkina Faso	United Kingdom
Belgium 30,700 km²	8.89×	7.95×
Germany 358,000 km²	0.76×	0.68×
Japan 374,000 km²	0.73×	0.65×
France 548,000 km²	0.50×	0.44×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.09×	0.08×
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	0.03×	0.03×
United States 9,447,000 km²	0.03×	0.03×
Russia 16,980,000 km²	0.02×	0.01×

Each figure is the place's area divided by the yardstick's.

Side by side

	Burkina Faso	United Kingdom
Area, main territory	273,000 km²105,000 mi²	244,000 km²94,100 mi²
Population	23.0 millionWikidata, 2023	67.3 millionWikidata, 2021
Density	84 per km²	276 per km²
Official area	274,000 km²Wikidata	242,000 km²Wikidata
Capital	Ouagadougou	London
Latitude range	9°N to 15°N	50°N to 61°N
Continent	Africa	Europe

Population: Wikidata 2023 and Wikidata 2021, covering each whole country. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 274,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 273,000 km², to within 2%.
Wikidata's official figure of 242,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 244,000 km², to within 2%.

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Sources and method

Outlines: Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, public domain
Boundary: De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth. Main territory: the largest landmass and every part within 1,000 km of it.
Area: Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outlines, shown rounded. Comparisons use main-territory area.
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: 2026-11-11

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