United Kingdom is 2.24× the size of Guatemala

United Kingdom covers about 244,000 km² (94,100 mi²) and Guatemala about 109,000 km² (42,000 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

244,000km²United Kingdom
109,000km²Guatemala

200 km

United Kingdom
Guatemala

What fits

Guatemala fits inside United Kingdom about 2.24 times by area.
United Kingdom is larger by 135,000 km² (52,100 mi²), which is 124% of the area of Guatemala.
Measured in Belgiums: United Kingdom is about 7.95, Guatemala about 3.55.

How they differ

United Kingdom also has the larger population: 67.3 million against 17.3 million, 3.90× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 276 in United Kingdom against 159 in Guatemala: United Kingdom is 1.74× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 8,450 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: United Kingdom at 54°N is drawn about 2.9× too large and Guatemala at 16°N about 1.1×, so the map shows United Kingdom as 6.02× the size of Guatemala instead of 2.24×.
Together United Kingdom and Guatemala cover 353,000 km², close to the size of Germany (358,000 km², 1.4% bigger).
The gap between them, 135,000 km², is about the size of Bangladesh (137,000 km²).
At Guatemala's density, United Kingdom would have 38.7 million people (it has 67.3 million). At United Kingdom's density, Guatemala would have 30.1 million (it has 17.3 million).
United Kingdom's centre is 38.3° of latitude, about 4,260 km, farther north than Guatemala's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	United Kingdom	2.24×
More people	United Kingdom	3.90×
More crowded	United Kingdom	1.74×
Farther north	United Kingdom	38.3° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	United Kingdom	2.9× against 1.1×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	United Kingdom	Guatemala
Belgium 30,700 km²	7.95×	3.55×
Germany 358,000 km²	0.68×	0.30×
Japan 374,000 km²	0.65×	0.29×
France 548,000 km²	0.44×	0.20×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.08×	0.03×
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	0.03×	0.01×
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	Guatemala
Area, main territory	244,000 km²94,100 mi²	109,000 km²42,000 mi²
Population	67.3 millionWikidata, 2021	17.3 millionWikidata, 2018
Density	276 per km²	159 per km²
Official area	242,000 km²Wikidata	109,000 km²Wikidata
Capital	London	Guatemala City
Latitude range	50°N to 61°N	14°N to 18°N
Continent	Europe	North America

Population: Wikidata 2021 and Wikidata 2018, 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 109,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 109,000 km², to within 2%.

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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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