United Kingdom is 1.89× the size of Nicaragua

United Kingdom covers about 244,000 km² (94,100 mi²) and Nicaragua about 129,000 km² (49,700 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

244,000km²United Kingdom
129,000km²Nicaragua

200 km

United Kingdom
Nicaragua

What fits

Nicaragua is 53% of the size of United Kingdom.
United Kingdom is larger by 115,000 km² (44,400 mi²), which is 89% of the area of Nicaragua.
Measured in Belgiums: United Kingdom is about 7.95, Nicaragua about 4.20.

How they differ

United Kingdom also has the larger population: 67.3 million against 5.1 million, 13.1× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 276 in United Kingdom against 40 in Nicaragua: United Kingdom is 6.91× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 8,350 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: United Kingdom at 54°N is drawn about 2.9× too large and Nicaragua at 13°N about 1.1×, so the map shows United Kingdom as 5.22× the size of Nicaragua instead of 1.89×.
Together United Kingdom and Nicaragua cover 372,000 km², close to the size of Japan (374,000 km², 0.3% bigger).
The gap between them, 115,000 km², is about the size of Benin (116,000 km²).
At Nicaragua's density, United Kingdom would have 9.7 million people (it has 67.3 million). At United Kingdom's density, Nicaragua would have 35.5 million (it has 5.1 million).
United Kingdom's centre is 41.2° of latitude, about 4,580 km, farther north than Nicaragua's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	United Kingdom	1.89×
More people	United Kingdom	13.1×
More crowded	United Kingdom	6.91×
Farther north	United Kingdom	41.2° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	United Kingdom	2.9× against 1.1×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	United Kingdom	Nicaragua
Belgium 30,700 km²	7.95×	4.20×
Germany 358,000 km²	0.68×	0.36×
Japan 374,000 km²	0.65×	0.34×
France 548,000 km²	0.44×	0.23×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.08×	0.04×
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	0.03×	0.02×
United States 9,447,000 km²	0.03×	0.01×
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	Nicaragua
Area, main territory	244,000 km²94,100 mi²	129,000 km²49,700 mi²
Population	67.3 millionWikidata, 2021	5.1 millionWikidata, 2005
Density	276 per km²	40 per km²
Official area	242,000 km²Wikidata	120,000 km²Wikidata
Capital	London	Managua
Latitude range	50°N to 61°N	11°N to 15°N
Continent	Europe	North America

Population: Wikidata 2021 and Wikidata 2005, 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%.
Our measured 129,000 km² is 6.9% above Wikidata's official figure of 120,000 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.

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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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