United Kingdom is 3.78× the size of Latvia

United Kingdom covers about 244,000 km² (94,100 mi²) and Latvia about 64,600 km² (24,900 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

244,000km²United Kingdom
64,600km²Latvia

200 km

United Kingdom
Latvia

What fits

Latvia fits inside United Kingdom about 3.78 times by area.
United Kingdom is larger by 179,000 km² (69,200 mi²), which is 278% of the area of Latvia.
Measured in Belgiums: United Kingdom is about 7.95, Latvia about 2.11.

How they differ

United Kingdom also has the larger population: 67.3 million against 1.8 million, 36.5× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 276 in United Kingdom against 29 in Latvia: United Kingdom is 9.67× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 1,760 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: United Kingdom at 54°N is drawn about 2.9× too large and Latvia at 57°N about 3.3×, so the map shows United Kingdom as 3.27× the size of Latvia instead of 3.78×.
Together United Kingdom and Latvia cover 308,000 km², close to the size of Oman (311,000 km², 0.9% bigger).
The gap between them, 179,000 km², is about the size of Cambodia (181,000 km²).
At Latvia's density, United Kingdom would have 7.0 million people (it has 67.3 million). At United Kingdom's density, Latvia would have 17.8 million (it has 1.8 million).
Latvia's centre is 2.8° of latitude, about 310 km, farther north than United Kingdom's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	United Kingdom	3.78×
More people	United Kingdom	36.5×
More crowded	United Kingdom	9.67×
Farther north	Latvia	2.8° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Latvia	3.3× against 2.9×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	United Kingdom	Latvia
Belgium 30,700 km²	7.95×	2.11×
Germany 358,000 km²	0.68×	0.18×
Japan 374,000 km²	0.65×	0.17×
France 548,000 km²	0.44×	0.12×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.08×	0.02×
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×	1 in 263

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

Side by side

	United Kingdom	Latvia
Area, main territory	244,000 km²94,100 mi²	64,600 km²24,900 mi²
Population	67.3 millionWikidata, 2021	1.8 millionWikidata, 2026
Density	276 per km²	29 per km²
Official area	242,000 km²Wikidata	64,600 km²Wikidata
Capital	London	Riga
Latitude range	50°N to 61°N	56°N to 58°N
Continent	Europe	Europe

Population: Wikidata 2021 and Wikidata 2026, 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 64,600 km² agrees with our measured area of 64,600 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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