Ivory Coast is 1.32× the size of United Kingdom
Ivory Coast covers about 321,000 km² (124,000 mi²) and United Kingdom about 244,000 km² (94,100 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 321,000km²Ivory Coast
- 244,000km²United Kingdom
200 km
- Ivory Coast
- United Kingdom
What fits
- United Kingdom is 76% of the size of Ivory Coast.
- Ivory Coast is larger by 76,900 km² (29,700 mi²), which is 32% of the area of United Kingdom.
- Measured in Belgiums: Ivory Coast is about 10.5, United Kingdom about 7.95.
How they differ
- Ivory Coast is larger, but United Kingdom has the larger population: 67.3 million against 31.2 million, 2.16× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 276 in United Kingdom against 97 in Ivory Coast: United Kingdom is 2.84× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 5,170 km apart.
- On a standard web map United Kingdom looks larger than Ivory Coast: Ivory Coast at 8°N is drawn about 1.0× too large and United Kingdom at 54°N about 2.9×, so the map shows United Kingdom as 2.17× the size of Ivory Coast, when Ivory Coast is 1.32× the size of United Kingdom.
- Together Ivory Coast and United Kingdom cover 564,000 km², close to the size of Ukraine (572,000 km², 1.3% bigger).
- The gap between them, 76,900 km², is about the size of Serbia (77,600 km²).
- At United Kingdom's density, Ivory Coast would have 88.6 million people (it has 31.2 million). At Ivory Coast's density, United Kingdom would have 23.7 million (it has 67.3 million).
- United Kingdom's centre is 46.4° of latitude, about 5,160 km, farther north than Ivory Coast's.
Who wins on what
| Measure | Winner | By |
|---|---|---|
| Larger area | Ivory Coast | 1.32× |
| More people | United Kingdom | 2.16× |
| More crowded | United Kingdom | 2.84× |
| Farther north | United Kingdom | 46.4° of latitude |
| Stretched more on a web map | United Kingdom | 2.9× against 1.0× |
Both against the same yardsticks
| Yardstick | Ivory Coast | United Kingdom |
|---|---|---|
| Belgium 30,700 km² | 10.5× | 7.95× |
| Germany 358,000 km² | 0.90× | 0.68× |
| Japan 374,000 km² | 0.86× | 0.65× |
| France 548,000 km² | 0.59× | 0.44× |
| India 3,151,000 km² | 0.10× | 0.08× |
| Brazil 8,473,000 km² | 0.04× | 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
| Ivory Coast | United Kingdom | |
|---|---|---|
| Area, main territory | 321,000 km²124,000 mi² | 244,000 km²94,100 mi² |
| Population | 31.2 millionWikidata, 2023 | 67.3 millionWikidata, 2021 |
| Density | 97 per km² | 276 per km² |
| Official area | 322,000 km²Wikidata | 242,000 km²Wikidata |
| Capital | Yamoussoukro | London |
| Latitude range | 4°N to 11°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 322,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 321,000 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