United Kingdom is 2.90× the size of Austria

United Kingdom covers about 244,000 km² (94,100 mi²) and Austria about 84,000 km² (32,400 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

244,000km²United Kingdom
84,000km²Austria

200 km

United Kingdom
Austria

What fits

Austria fits inside United Kingdom about 2.90 times by area.
United Kingdom is larger by 160,000 km² (61,700 mi²), which is 190% of the area of Austria.
Measured in Belgiums: United Kingdom is about 7.95, Austria about 2.74.

How they differ

United Kingdom also has the larger population: 67.3 million against 9.0 million, 7.50× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 276 in United Kingdom against 107 in Austria: United Kingdom is 2.58× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 1,380 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: United Kingdom at 54°N is drawn about 2.9× too large and Austria at 48°N about 2.2×, so the map shows United Kingdom as 3.83× the size of Austria instead of 2.90×.
Together United Kingdom and Austria cover 328,000 km², close to the size of Malaysia (328,000 km², 0.0% bigger).
The gap between them, 160,000 km², is about the size of Tunisia (157,000 km²).
At Austria's density, United Kingdom would have 26.1 million people (it has 67.3 million). At United Kingdom's density, Austria would have 23.2 million (it has 9.0 million).
United Kingdom's centre is 6.4° of latitude, about 720 km, farther north than Austria's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	United Kingdom	2.90×
More people	United Kingdom	7.50×
More crowded	United Kingdom	2.58×
Farther north	United Kingdom	6.4° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	United Kingdom	2.9× against 2.2×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	United Kingdom	Austria
Belgium 30,700 km²	7.95×	2.74×
Germany 358,000 km²	0.68×	0.23×
Japan 374,000 km²	0.65×	0.22×
France 548,000 km²	0.44×	0.15×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.08×	0.03×
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	0.03×	0.01×
United States 9,447,000 km²	0.03×	0.01×
Russia 16,980,000 km²	0.01×	1 in 202

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

Side by side

	United Kingdom	Austria
Area, main territory	244,000 km²94,100 mi²	84,000 km²32,400 mi²
Population	67.3 millionWikidata, 2021	9.0 millionWikidata, 2022
Density	276 per km²	107 per km²
Official area	242,000 km²Wikidata	83,900 km²Wikidata
Capital	London	Vienna
Latitude range	50°N to 61°N	46°N to 49°N
Continent	Europe	Europe

Population: Wikidata 2021 and Wikidata 2022, 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 83,900 km² agrees with our measured area of 84,000 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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