United Kingdom is 1.15× the size of Guyana

United Kingdom covers about 244,000 km² (94,100 mi²) and Guyana about 211,000 km² (81,600 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

244,000km²United Kingdom
211,000km²Guyana

200 km

United Kingdom
Guyana

What fits

Guyana is 87% of the size of United Kingdom.
United Kingdom is larger by 32,600 km² (12,600 mi²), which is 15% of the area of Guyana.
Measured in Belgiums: United Kingdom is about 7.95, Guyana about 6.89.

How they differ

United Kingdom also has the larger population: 67.3 million against 879,000, 76.6× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 276 in United Kingdom against 4.2 in Guyana: United Kingdom is 66.4× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 7,430 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: United Kingdom at 54°N is drawn about 2.9× too large and Guyana at 5°N about 1.0×, so the map shows United Kingdom as 3.32× the size of Guyana instead of 1.15×.
Together United Kingdom and Guyana cover 455,000 km², close to the size of Yemen (453,000 km², 0.4% smaller).
The gap between them, 32,600 km², is about the size of Guinea-Bissau (32,800 km²).
At Guyana's density, United Kingdom would have 1.0 million people (it has 67.3 million). At United Kingdom's density, Guyana would have 58.3 million (it has 879,000).
United Kingdom's centre is 49.2° of latitude, about 5,480 km, farther north than Guyana's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	United Kingdom	1.15×
More people	United Kingdom	76.6×
More crowded	United Kingdom	66.4×
Farther north	United Kingdom	49.2° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	United Kingdom	2.9× against 1.0×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	United Kingdom	Guyana
Belgium 30,700 km²	7.95×	6.89×
Germany 358,000 km²	0.68×	0.59×
Japan 374,000 km²	0.65×	0.57×
France 548,000 km²	0.44×	0.39×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.08×	0.07×
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	0.03×	0.02×
United States 9,447,000 km²	0.03×	0.02×
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	Guyana
Area, main territory	244,000 km²94,100 mi²	211,000 km²81,600 mi²
Population	67.3 millionWikidata, 2021	879,000Wikidata, 2022
Density	276 per km²	4.2 per km²
Official area	242,000 km²Wikidata	215,000 km²Wikidata
Capital	London	Georgetown
Latitude range	50°N to 61°N	1°N to 9°N
Continent	Europe	South America

Population: Wikidata 2021 and Wikidata 2022, 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 215,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 211,000 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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