Guinea and United Kingdom are almost exactly the same size
Guinea covers about 244,000 km² (94,300 mi²) and United Kingdom about 244,000 km² (94,100 mi²). Their outlines are laid over each other below at one scale.
- 244,000km²Guinea
- 244,000km²United Kingdom
200 km
- Guinea
- United Kingdom
What fits
- United Kingdom is 100% of the size of Guinea.
- The measured areas differ by 519 km², less than half a percent: closer than the measurement itself is certain.
- Measured in Belgiums: Guinea is about 7.97, United Kingdom about 7.95.
How they differ
- Guinea is larger, but United Kingdom has the larger population: 67.3 million against 17.5 million, 3.84× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 276 in United Kingdom against 72 in Guinea: United Kingdom is 3.85× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 4,900 km apart.
- On a standard web map United Kingdom looks larger than Guinea: Guinea at 10°N is drawn about 1.0× too large and United Kingdom at 54°N about 2.9×, so the map shows United Kingdom as 2.80× the size of Guinea, when Guinea is 1.00× the size of United Kingdom.
- Together Guinea and United Kingdom cover 488,000 km², close to the size of Spain (499,000 km², 2.3% bigger).
- At United Kingdom's density, Guinea would have 67.5 million people (it has 17.5 million). At Guinea's density, United Kingdom would have 17.5 million (it has 67.3 million).
- United Kingdom's centre is 43.6° of latitude, about 4,850 km, farther north than Guinea's.
Who wins on what
| Measure | Winner | By |
|---|---|---|
| Larger area | Guinea | 1.00× |
| More people | United Kingdom | 3.84× |
| More crowded | United Kingdom | 3.85× |
| Farther north | United Kingdom | 43.6° of latitude |
| Stretched more on a web map | United Kingdom | 2.9× against 1.0× |
Both against the same yardsticks
| Yardstick | Guinea | United Kingdom |
|---|---|---|
| Belgium 30,700 km² | 7.97× | 7.95× |
| Germany 358,000 km² | 0.68× | 0.68× |
| Japan 374,000 km² | 0.65× | 0.65× |
| France 548,000 km² | 0.45× | 0.44× |
| India 3,151,000 km² | 0.08× | 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 | 0.01× | 0.01× |
Each figure is the place's area divided by the yardstick's.
Side by side
| Guinea | United Kingdom | |
|---|---|---|
| Area, main territory | 244,000 km²94,300 mi² | 244,000 km²94,100 mi² |
| Population | 17.5 millionWikidata, 2025 | 67.3 millionWikidata, 2021 |
| Density | 72 per km² | 276 per km² |
| Official area | 246,000 km²Wikidata | 242,000 km²Wikidata |
| Capital | Conakry | London |
| Latitude range | 7°N to 13°N | 50°N to 61°N |
| Continent | Africa | Europe |
Population: Wikidata 2025 and Wikidata 2021, covering each whole country. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 246,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 244,000 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