United Kingdom is 9.14× the size of Equatorial Guinea

United Kingdom covers about 244,000 km² (94,100 mi²) and Equatorial Guinea about 26,700 km² (10,300 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

244,000km²United Kingdom
26,700km²Equatorial Guinea

200 km

United Kingdom
Equatorial Guinea

What fits

Equatorial Guinea fits inside United Kingdom about 9.14 times by area.
United Kingdom is larger by 217,000 km² (83,800 mi²), which is 814% of the area of Equatorial Guinea.
Measured in Belgiums: United Kingdom is about 7.95, Equatorial Guinea about 0.87.

How they differ

United Kingdom also has the larger population: 67.3 million against 1.8 million, 36.4× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 276 in United Kingdom against 69 in Equatorial Guinea: United Kingdom is 3.99× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 5,940 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: United Kingdom at 54°N is drawn about 2.9× too large and Equatorial Guinea at 2°N about 1.0×, so the map shows United Kingdom as 26.5× the size of Equatorial Guinea instead of 9.14×.
Together United Kingdom and Equatorial Guinea cover 270,000 km², close to the size of New Zealand (268,000 km², 0.7% smaller).
The gap between them, 217,000 km², is about the size of Guyana (211,000 km²).
At Equatorial Guinea's density, United Kingdom would have 16.9 million people (it has 67.3 million). At United Kingdom's density, Equatorial Guinea would have 7.4 million (it has 1.8 million).
United Kingdom's centre is 52.3° of latitude, about 5,820 km, farther north than Equatorial Guinea's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	United Kingdom	9.14×
More people	United Kingdom	36.4×
More crowded	United Kingdom	3.99×
Farther north	United Kingdom	52.3° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	United Kingdom	2.9× against 1.0×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	United Kingdom	Equatorial Guinea
Belgium 30,700 km²	7.95×	0.87×
Germany 358,000 km²	0.68×	0.07×
Japan 374,000 km²	0.65×	0.07×
France 548,000 km²	0.44×	0.05×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.08×	0.01×
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	0.03×	1 in 318
United States 9,447,000 km²	0.03×	1 in 354
Russia 16,980,000 km²	0.01×	1 in 637

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

Side by side

	United Kingdom	Equatorial Guinea
Area, main territory	244,000 km²94,100 mi²	26,700 km²10,300 mi²
Population	67.3 millionWikidata, 2021	1.8 millionWikidata, 2023
Density	276 per km²	69 per km²
Official area	242,000 km²Wikidata	28,100 km²Wikidata
Capital	London	Ciudad de la Paz
Latitude range	50°N to 61°N	1°S to 4°N
Continent	Europe	Africa

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 26,700 km² is 4.9% below Wikidata's official figure of 28,100 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.

Similar in size to United Kingdom

Similar in size to Equatorial Guinea

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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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