United Kingdom is 11.9× the size of El Salvador

United Kingdom covers about 244,000 km² (94,100 mi²) and El Salvador about 20,500 km² (7,930 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

244,000km²United Kingdom
20,500km²El Salvador

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United Kingdom
El Salvador

What fits

El Salvador fits inside United Kingdom about 11.9 times by area.
United Kingdom is larger by 223,000 km² (86,200 mi²), which is 1,087% of the area of El Salvador.
Measured in Belgiums: United Kingdom is about 7.95, El Salvador about 0.67.

How they differ

United Kingdom also has the larger population: 67.3 million against 6.0 million, 11.2× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 294 in El Salvador against 276 in United Kingdom: El Salvador is 1.06× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 8,520 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: United Kingdom at 54°N is drawn about 2.9× too large and El Salvador at 14°N about 1.1×, so the map shows United Kingdom as 32.5× the size of El Salvador instead of 11.9×.
Together United Kingdom and El Salvador cover 264,000 km², close to the size of New Zealand (268,000 km², 1.6% bigger).
The gap between them, 223,000 km², is about the size of Laos (228,000 km²).
At El Salvador's density, United Kingdom would have 71.6 million people (it has 67.3 million). At United Kingdom's density, El Salvador would have 5.7 million (it has 6.0 million).
United Kingdom's centre is 40.3° of latitude, about 4,480 km, farther north than El Salvador's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	United Kingdom	11.9×
More people	United Kingdom	11.2×
More crowded	El Salvador	1.06×
Farther north	United Kingdom	40.3° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	United Kingdom	2.9× against 1.1×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	United Kingdom	El Salvador
Belgium 30,700 km²	7.95×	0.67×
Germany 358,000 km²	0.68×	0.06×
Japan 374,000 km²	0.65×	0.05×
France 548,000 km²	0.44×	0.04×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.08×	0.01×
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	0.03×	1 in 413
United States 9,447,000 km²	0.03×	1 in 460
Russia 16,980,000 km²	0.01×	1 in 827

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

Side by side

	United Kingdom	El Salvador
Area, main territory	244,000 km²94,100 mi²	20,500 km²7,930 mi²
Population	67.3 millionWikidata, 2021	6.0 millionWikidata, 2024
Density	276 per km²	294 per km²
Official area	242,000 km²Wikidata	21,000 km²Wikidata
Capital	London	San Salvador
Latitude range	50°N to 61°N	13°N to 14°N
Continent	Europe	North America

Population: Wikidata 2021 and Wikidata 2024, 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 20,500 km² is 2.4% below Wikidata's official figure of 21,000 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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