United Kingdom is 19.3× the size of Bahamas

United Kingdom covers about 244,000 km² (94,100 mi²) and Bahamas about 12,600 km² (4,870 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

244,000km²United Kingdom
12,600km²Bahamas

200 km

United Kingdom
Bahamas

What fits

Bahamas fits inside United Kingdom about 19.3 times by area.
United Kingdom is larger by 231,000 km² (89,300 mi²), which is 1,834% of the area of Bahamas.
Measured in Belgiums: United Kingdom is about 7.95, Bahamas about 0.41.

How they differ

United Kingdom also has the larger population: 67.3 million against 399,000, 169× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 276 in United Kingdom against 32 in Bahamas: United Kingdom is 8.71× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 6,800 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: United Kingdom at 54°N is drawn about 2.9× too large and Bahamas at 24°N about 1.2×, so the map shows United Kingdom as 46.6× the size of Bahamas instead of 19.3×.
Together United Kingdom and Bahamas cover 256,000 km², close to the size of Ecuador (255,000 km², 0.5% smaller).
The gap between them, 231,000 km², is about the size of Laos (228,000 km²).
At Bahamas's density, United Kingdom would have 7.7 million people (it has 67.3 million). At United Kingdom's density, Bahamas would have 3.5 million (it has 399,000).
United Kingdom's centre is 29.8° of latitude, about 3,320 km, farther north than Bahamas's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	United Kingdom	19.3×
More people	United Kingdom	169×
More crowded	United Kingdom	8.71×
Farther north	United Kingdom	29.8° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	United Kingdom	2.9× against 1.2×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	United Kingdom	Bahamas
Belgium 30,700 km²	7.95×	0.41×
Germany 358,000 km²	0.68×	0.04×
Japan 374,000 km²	0.65×	0.03×
France 548,000 km²	0.44×	0.02×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.08×	1 in 250
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	0.03×	1 in 672
United States 9,447,000 km²	0.03×	1 in 750
Russia 16,980,000 km²	0.01×	1 in 1,347

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

Side by side

	United Kingdom	Bahamas
Area, main territory	244,000 km²94,100 mi²	12,600 km²4,870 mi²
Population	67.3 millionWikidata, 2021	399,000Wikidata, 2023
Density	276 per km²	32 per km²
Official area	242,000 km²Wikidata	13,900 km²Wikidata
Capital	London	Nassau
Latitude range	50°N to 61°N	21°N to 27°N
Continent	Europe	North America

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%.
Our measured 12,600 km² is 9.2% below Wikidata's official figure of 13,900 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.

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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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