United Kingdom is 62.1× the size of Cape Verde

United Kingdom covers about 244,000 km² (94,100 mi²) and Cape Verde about 3,930 km² (1,520 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

244,000km²United Kingdom
3,930km²Cape Verde

200 km

United Kingdom
Cape Verde

What fits

Cape Verde fits inside United Kingdom about 62.1 times by area.
United Kingdom is larger by 240,000 km² (92,600 mi²), which is 6,108% of the area of Cape Verde.
Measured in Belgiums: United Kingdom is about 7.95, Cape Verde about 0.13.

How they differ

United Kingdom also has the larger population: 67.3 million against 556,000, 121× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 276 in United Kingdom against 142 in Cape Verde: United Kingdom is 1.95× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 4,620 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: United Kingdom at 54°N is drawn about 2.9× too large and Cape Verde at 16°N about 1.1×, so the map shows United Kingdom as 166× the size of Cape Verde instead of 62.1×.
Together United Kingdom and Cape Verde cover 248,000 km², close to the size of Guinea (244,000 km², 1.4% smaller).
The gap between them, 240,000 km², is about the size of Ghana (239,000 km²).
At Cape Verde's density, United Kingdom would have 34.5 million people (it has 67.3 million). At United Kingdom's density, Cape Verde would have 1.1 million (it has 556,000).
United Kingdom's centre is 38.1° of latitude, about 4,240 km, farther north than Cape Verde's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	United Kingdom	62.1×
More people	United Kingdom	121×
More crowded	United Kingdom	1.95×
Farther north	United Kingdom	38.1° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	United Kingdom	2.9× against 1.1×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	United Kingdom	Cape Verde
Belgium 30,700 km²	7.95×	0.13×
Germany 358,000 km²	0.68×	0.01×
Japan 374,000 km²	0.65×	0.01×
France 548,000 km²	0.44×	0.01×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.08×	1 in 802
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	0.03×	1 in 2,158
United States 9,447,000 km²	0.03×	1 in 2,406
Russia 16,980,000 km²	0.01×	1 in 4,324

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

Side by side

	United Kingdom	Cape Verde
Area, main territory	244,000 km²94,100 mi²	3,930 km²1,520 mi²
Population	67.3 millionWikidata, 2021	556,000Wikidata, 2020
Density	276 per km²	142 per km²
Official area	242,000 km²Wikidata	4,030 km²Wikidata
Capital	London	Praia
Latitude range	50°N to 61°N	15°N to 17°N
Continent	Europe	Africa

Population: Wikidata 2021 and Wikidata 2020, 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 3,930 km² is 2.6% below Wikidata's official figure of 4,030 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.

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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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