United Kingdom is 7.34× the size of Moldova

United Kingdom covers about 244,000 km² (94,100 mi²) and Moldova about 33,200 km² (12,800 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

244,000km²United Kingdom
33,200km²Moldova

200 km

United Kingdom
Moldova

What fits

Moldova fits inside United Kingdom about 7.34 times by area.
United Kingdom is larger by 211,000 km² (81,300 mi²), which is 634% of the area of Moldova.
Measured in Belgiums: United Kingdom is about 7.95, Moldova about 1.08.

How they differ

United Kingdom also has the larger population: 67.3 million against 2.4 million, 27.9× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 276 in United Kingdom against 73 in Moldova: United Kingdom is 3.81× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 2,310 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: United Kingdom at 54°N is drawn about 2.9× too large and Moldova at 47°N about 2.2×, so the map shows United Kingdom as 9.83× the size of Moldova instead of 7.34×.
Together United Kingdom and Moldova cover 277,000 km², close to the size of Burkina Faso (273,000 km², 1.5% smaller).
The gap between them, 211,000 km², is about the size of Guyana (211,000 km²).
At Moldova's density, United Kingdom would have 17.7 million people (it has 67.3 million). At United Kingdom's density, Moldova would have 9.2 million (it has 2.4 million).
United Kingdom's centre is 6.8° of latitude, about 760 km, farther north than Moldova's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	United Kingdom	7.34×
More people	United Kingdom	27.9×
More crowded	United Kingdom	3.81×
Farther north	United Kingdom	6.8° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	United Kingdom	2.9× against 2.2×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	United Kingdom	Moldova
Belgium 30,700 km²	7.95×	1.08×
Germany 358,000 km²	0.68×	0.09×
Japan 374,000 km²	0.65×	0.09×
France 548,000 km²	0.44×	0.06×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.08×	0.01×
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	0.03×	1 in 255
United States 9,447,000 km²	0.03×	1 in 285
Russia 16,980,000 km²	0.01×	1 in 511

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

Side by side

	United Kingdom	Moldova
Area, main territory	244,000 km²94,100 mi²	33,200 km²12,800 mi²
Population	67.3 millionWikidata, 2021	2.4 millionWikidata, 2024
Density	276 per km²	73 per km²
Official area	242,000 km²Wikidata	33,800 km²Wikidata
Capital	London	Chișinău
Latitude range	50°N to 61°N	45°N to 48°N
Continent	Europe	Europe

Population: Wikidata 2021 and Wikidata 2024, 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 33,800 km² agrees with our measured area of 33,200 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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