United Kingdom is 1.78× the size of Bangladesh

United Kingdom covers about 244,000 km² (94,100 mi²) and Bangladesh about 137,000 km² (52,900 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

244,000km²United Kingdom
137,000km²Bangladesh

200 km

United Kingdom
Bangladesh

What fits

Bangladesh is 56% of the size of United Kingdom.
United Kingdom is larger by 107,000 km² (41,300 mi²), which is 78% of the area of Bangladesh.
Measured in Belgiums: United Kingdom is about 7.95, Bangladesh about 4.46.

How they differ

United Kingdom is larger, but Bangladesh has the larger population: 171.5 million against 67.3 million, 2.55× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 1,252 in Bangladesh against 276 in United Kingdom: Bangladesh is 4.54× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 8,070 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: United Kingdom at 54°N is drawn about 2.9× too large and Bangladesh at 24°N about 1.2×, so the map shows United Kingdom as 4.32× the size of Bangladesh instead of 1.78×.
Together United Kingdom and Bangladesh cover 381,000 km², close to the size of Norway (382,000 km², 0.3% bigger).
The gap between them, 107,000 km², is about the size of Guatemala (109,000 km²).
At Bangladesh's density, United Kingdom would have 305.3 million people (it has 67.3 million). At United Kingdom's density, Bangladesh would have 37.8 million (it has 171.5 million).
United Kingdom's centre is 30.2° of latitude, about 3,360 km, farther north than Bangladesh's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	United Kingdom	1.78×
More people	Bangladesh	2.55×
More crowded	Bangladesh	4.54×
Farther north	United Kingdom	30.2° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	United Kingdom	2.9× against 1.2×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	United Kingdom	Bangladesh
Belgium 30,700 km²	7.95×	4.46×
Germany 358,000 km²	0.68×	0.38×
Japan 374,000 km²	0.65×	0.37×
France 548,000 km²	0.44×	0.25×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.08×	0.04×
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	0.03×	0.02×
United States 9,447,000 km²	0.03×	0.01×
Russia 16,980,000 km²	0.01×	0.01×

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

Side by side

	United Kingdom	Bangladesh
Area, main territory	244,000 km²94,100 mi²	137,000 km²52,900 mi²
Population	67.3 millionWikidata, 2021	171.5 millionWikidata, 2023
Density	276 per km²	1,252 per km²
Official area	242,000 km²Wikidata	148,000 km²Wikidata
Capital	London	Dhaka
Latitude range	50°N to 61°N	21°N to 27°N
Continent	Europe	Asia

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 137,000 km² is 7.2% below Wikidata's official figure of 148,000 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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