United Arab Emirates is 1.01× the size of Banks Island

The United Arab Emirates (country) covers about 71,100 km² (27,400 mi²) and Banks Island (island) about 70,600 km² (27,200 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other. The Banks Island outline is Natural Earth’s, checked against the published area.

71,100km²United Arab Emirates
70,600km²Banks Island

100 km

United Arab Emirates
Banks Island

What fits

Banks Island is 99% of the size of United Arab Emirates.
United Arab Emirates is larger by 525 km² (203 mi²), which is 0.7% of the area of Banks Island.
Measured in Belgiums: United Arab Emirates is about 2.32, Banks Island about 2.30.

How they differ

Their centres are about 9,230 km apart.
On a standard web map Banks Island looks larger than United Arab Emirates: United Arab Emirates at 24°N is drawn about 1.2× too large and Banks Island at 73°N about 11.7×, so the map shows Banks Island as 9.72× the size of United Arab Emirates, when United Arab Emirates is 1.01× the size of Banks Island.
Together United Arab Emirates and Banks Island cover 142,000 km², close to the size of Tajikistan (142,000 km², 0.4% bigger).
Banks Island's centre is 49.1° of latitude, about 5,460 km, farther north than United Arab Emirates's.
United Arab Emirates ranks 120th of 212 countries by area.
Banks Island is an island and ranks 23rd of the 81 islands on sizeversus by area.
Laid out flat, the United Arab Emirates stretches about 385 km north to south and 487 km east to west; Banks Island about 383 km by 342 km.
Wikidata’s published figure of 70,000 km² agrees with our measured 70,600 km², to within 2%.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	United Arab Emirates	1.01×
Farther north	Banks Island	49.1° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Banks Island	11.7× against 1.2×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	United Arab Emirates	Banks Island
Belgium 30,700 km²	2.32×	2.30×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	0.29×	0.29×
Germany 358,000 km²	0.20×	0.20×
Japan 374,000 km²	0.19×	0.19×
France 548,000 km²	0.13×	0.13×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.02×	0.02×
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	0.01×	0.01×
United States 9,447,000 km²	0.01×	0.01×
Russia 16,980,000 km²	1 in 239	1 in 241

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

Side by side

	United Arab Emirates	Banks Island
Is a	CountryAsia	Islandisland on sizeversus
Area, measured	71,100 km²27,400 mi²	70,600 km²27,200 mi²
Area, published	83,600 km²Wikidata	70,000 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	120th of 212countries	23rd of 81islands
Latitude range	23°N to 26°N	71°N to 75°N
On the shore	–	1 on the shore

Published figures: Wikidata (CC0). A lake or a sea has no legal boundary: the measured area is that of Natural Earth’s outline, and it is shown beside the published one.

Natural Earth’s outlines of Canada contain or lie within 4 km of the outline of Banks Island. That is what its geometry says, and it is not a statement about who owns the water or where any border runs in it.

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Sources and method

Outlines: Lakes and seas: Natural Earth 1:10m physical vectors (public domain), kept only where the measured area is within 10% of the published one. Countries and regions: Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 and Admin 1, public domain.
Boundary: De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth. A lake or a sea has no legal boundary of its own; the outline is a cartographic one.
Area: Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outlines, shown rounded. The published figure comes from Wikidata (CC0), fetched 2026-11-11, and is shown beside the measured one.
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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