United Kingdom is 1.86× the size of Greece

United Kingdom covers about 244,000 km² (94,100 mi²) and Greece about 131,000 km² (50,700 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

244,000km²United Kingdom
131,000km²Greece

200 km

United Kingdom
Greece

What fits

Greece is 54% of the size of United Kingdom.
United Kingdom is larger by 112,000 km² (43,400 mi²), which is 86% of the area of Greece.
Measured in Belgiums: United Kingdom is about 7.95, Greece about 4.28.

How they differ

United Kingdom also has the larger population: 67.3 million against 10.5 million, 6.42× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 276 in United Kingdom against 80 in Greece: United Kingdom is 3.46× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 2,560 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: United Kingdom at 54°N is drawn about 2.9× too large and Greece at 39°N about 1.7×, so the map shows United Kingdom as 3.25× the size of Greece instead of 1.86×.
Together United Kingdom and Greece cover 375,000 km², close to the size of Japan (374,000 km², 0.4% smaller).
The gap between them, 112,000 km², is about the size of Honduras (112,000 km²).
At Greece's density, United Kingdom would have 19.5 million people (it has 67.3 million). At United Kingdom's density, Greece would have 36.3 million (it has 10.5 million).
United Kingdom's centre is 15.0° of latitude, about 1,670 km, farther north than Greece's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	United Kingdom	1.86×
More people	United Kingdom	6.42×
More crowded	United Kingdom	3.46×
Farther north	United Kingdom	15.0° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	United Kingdom	2.9× against 1.7×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	United Kingdom	Greece
Belgium 30,700 km²	7.95×	4.28×
Germany 358,000 km²	0.68×	0.37×
Japan 374,000 km²	0.65×	0.35×
France 548,000 km²	0.44×	0.24×
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	Greece
Area, main territory	244,000 km²94,100 mi²	131,000 km²50,700 mi²
Population	67.3 millionWikidata, 2021	10.5 millionWikidata, 2021
Density	276 per km²	80 per km²
Official area	242,000 km²Wikidata	132,000 km²Wikidata
Capital	London	Athens
Latitude range	50°N to 61°N	35°N to 42°N
Continent	Europe	Europe

Population: Wikidata 2021, 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%.
Wikidata's official figure of 132,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 131,000 km², to within 2%.

Similar in size to United Kingdom

Similar in size to Greece

More comparisons

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

Full method