United Kingdom is 122× the size of Mauritius

United Kingdom covers about 244,000 km² (94,100 mi²) and Mauritius about 2,000 km² (772 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

244,000km²United Kingdom
2,000km²Mauritius

200 km

United Kingdom
Mauritius

Outlines show main territory. Mauritius also has about 14 km² of overseas territory. These are not drawn, and not counted in the comparison.

What fits

Mauritius fits inside United Kingdom about 122 times by area.
United Kingdom is larger by 242,000 km² (93,400 mi²), which is 12,087% of the area of Mauritius.
Measured in Belgiums: United Kingdom is about 7.95, Mauritius about 0.07.

How they differ

United Kingdom also has the larger population: 67.3 million against 1.3 million, 53.2× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 628 in Mauritius against 276 in United Kingdom: Mauritius is 2.27× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 10,100 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: United Kingdom at 54°N is drawn about 2.9× too large and Mauritius at 20°S about 1.1×, so the map shows United Kingdom as 311× the size of Mauritius instead of 122×.
Together United Kingdom and Mauritius cover 246,000 km², close to the size of Guinea (244,000 km², 0.6% smaller).
The gap between them, 242,000 km², is about the size of Uganda (242,000 km²).
At Mauritius's density, United Kingdom would have 153.0 million people (it has 67.3 million). At United Kingdom's density, Mauritius would have 556,000 (it has 1.3 million).
United Kingdom's centre is 74.3° of latitude, about 8,260 km, farther north than Mauritius's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	United Kingdom	122×
More people	United Kingdom	53.2×
More crowded	Mauritius	2.27×
Farther north	United Kingdom	74.3° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	United Kingdom	2.9× against 1.1×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	United Kingdom	Mauritius
Belgium 30,700 km²	7.95×	0.07×
Germany 358,000 km²	0.68×	0.01×
Japan 374,000 km²	0.65×	0.01×
France 548,000 km²	0.44×	1 in 274
India 3,151,000 km²	0.08×	1 in 1,575
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	0.03×	1 in 4,235
United States 9,447,000 km²	0.03×	1 in 4,723
Russia 16,980,000 km²	0.01×	1 in 8,488

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

Side by side

	United Kingdom	Mauritius
Area, main territory	244,000 km²94,100 mi²	2,000 km²772 mi²
Area with overseas territory	244,000 km²	2,010 km²
Population	67.3 millionWikidata, 2021	1.3 millionWikidata, 2017
Density	276 per km²	628 per km²
Official area	242,000 km²Wikidata	2,040 km²Wikidata
Capital	London	Port Louis
Latitude range	50°N to 61°N	21°S to 20°S
Continent	Europe	Seven seas (open ocean)

Population: Wikidata 2021 and Wikidata 2017, 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 2,040 km² agrees with our measured area of 2,010 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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