United Kingdom is 8.60× the size of Albania

United Kingdom covers about 244,000 km² (94,100 mi²) and Albania about 28,300 km² (10,900 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

244,000km²United Kingdom
28,300km²Albania

200 km

United Kingdom
Albania

What fits

Albania fits inside United Kingdom about 8.60 times by area.
United Kingdom is larger by 215,000 km² (83,200 mi²), which is 760% of the area of Albania.
Measured in Belgiums: United Kingdom is about 7.95, Albania about 0.92.

How they differ

United Kingdom also has the larger population: 67.3 million against 2.8 million, 23.9× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 276 in United Kingdom against 99 in Albania: United Kingdom is 2.78× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 2,220 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: United Kingdom at 54°N is drawn about 2.9× too large and Albania at 41°N about 1.8×, so the map shows United Kingdom as 14.1× the size of Albania instead of 8.60×.
Together United Kingdom and Albania cover 272,000 km², close to the size of Burkina Faso (273,000 km², 0.2% bigger).
The gap between them, 215,000 km², is about the size of Guyana (211,000 km²).
At Albania's density, United Kingdom would have 24.2 million people (it has 67.3 million). At United Kingdom's density, Albania would have 7.8 million (it has 2.8 million).
United Kingdom's centre is 12.9° of latitude, about 1,430 km, farther north than Albania's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	United Kingdom	8.60×
More people	United Kingdom	23.9×
More crowded	United Kingdom	2.78×
Farther north	United Kingdom	12.9° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	United Kingdom	2.9× against 1.8×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	United Kingdom	Albania
Belgium 30,700 km²	7.95×	0.92×
Germany 358,000 km²	0.68×	0.08×
Japan 374,000 km²	0.65×	0.08×
France 548,000 km²	0.44×	0.05×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.08×	0.01×
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	0.03×	1 in 299
United States 9,447,000 km²	0.03×	1 in 333
Russia 16,980,000 km²	0.01×	1 in 599

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

Side by side

	United Kingdom	Albania
Area, main territory	244,000 km²94,100 mi²	28,300 km²10,900 mi²
Population	67.3 millionWikidata, 2021	2.8 millionWikidata, 2023
Density	276 per km²	99 per km²
Official area	242,000 km²Wikidata	28,700 km²Wikidata
Capital	London	Tirana
Latitude range	50°N to 61°N	40°N to 43°N
Continent	Europe	Europe

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

Wikidata's official figure of 242,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 244,000 km², to within 2%.
Wikidata's official figure of 28,700 km² agrees with our measured area of 28,300 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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