United Kingdom is 8.10× the size of Lesotho

United Kingdom covers about 244,000 km² (94,100 mi²) and Lesotho about 30,100 km² (11,600 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

244,000km²United Kingdom
30,100km²Lesotho

200 km

United Kingdom
Lesotho

What fits

Lesotho fits inside United Kingdom about 8.10 times by area.
United Kingdom is larger by 214,000 km² (82,500 mi²), which is 710% of the area of Lesotho.
Measured in Belgiums: United Kingdom is about 7.95, Lesotho about 0.98.

How they differ

United Kingdom also has the larger population: 67.3 million against 2.0 million, 33.5× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 276 in United Kingdom against 67 in Lesotho: United Kingdom is 4.14× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 9,760 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: United Kingdom at 54°N is drawn about 2.9× too large and Lesotho at 30°S about 1.3×, so the map shows United Kingdom as 17.8× the size of Lesotho instead of 8.10×.
Together United Kingdom and Lesotho cover 274,000 km², close to the size of Burkina Faso (273,000 km², 0.4% smaller).
The gap between them, 214,000 km², is about the size of Guyana (211,000 km²).
At Lesotho's density, United Kingdom would have 16.3 million people (it has 67.3 million). At United Kingdom's density, Lesotho would have 8.3 million (it has 2.0 million).
United Kingdom's centre is 83.6° of latitude, about 9,300 km, farther north than Lesotho's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	United Kingdom	8.10×
More people	United Kingdom	33.5×
More crowded	United Kingdom	4.14×
Farther north	United Kingdom	83.6° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	United Kingdom	2.9× against 1.3×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	United Kingdom	Lesotho
Belgium 30,700 km²	7.95×	0.98×
Germany 358,000 km²	0.68×	0.08×
Japan 374,000 km²	0.65×	0.08×
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 281
United States 9,447,000 km²	0.03×	1 in 314
Russia 16,980,000 km²	0.01×	1 in 564

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

Side by side

	United Kingdom	Lesotho
Area, main territory	244,000 km²94,100 mi²	30,100 km²11,600 mi²
Population	67.3 millionWikidata, 2021	2.0 millionWikidata, 2016
Density	276 per km²	67 per km²
Official area	242,000 km²Wikidata	30,400 km²Wikidata
Capital	London	Maseru
Latitude range	50°N to 61°N	31°S to 29°S
Continent	Europe	Africa

Population: Wikidata 2021 and Wikidata 2016, 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 30,400 km² agrees with our measured area of 30,100 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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