United Kingdom is 40.1× the size of Palestine

United Kingdom covers about 244,000 km² (94,100 mi²) and Palestine about 6,070 km² (2,350 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

244,000km²United Kingdom
6,070km²Palestine

200 km

United Kingdom
Palestine

The boundary or political status of Palestine is contested. Size Versus draws the Natural Earth de facto outline and takes no position on it.

What fits

Palestine fits inside United Kingdom about 40.1 times by area.
United Kingdom is larger by 238,000 km² (91,800 mi²), which is 3,913% of the area of Palestine.
Measured in Belgiums: United Kingdom is about 7.95, Palestine about 0.20.

How they differ

United Kingdom also has the larger population: 67.3 million against 4.7 million, 14.4× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 771 in Palestine against 276 in United Kingdom: Palestine is 2.79× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 3,870 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: United Kingdom at 54°N is drawn about 2.9× too large and Palestine at 32°N about 1.4×, so the map shows United Kingdom as 83.8× the size of Palestine instead of 40.1×.
Together United Kingdom and Palestine cover 250,000 km², close to the size of Ecuador (255,000 km², 2.1% bigger).
The gap between them, 238,000 km², is about the size of Ghana (239,000 km²).
At Palestine's density, United Kingdom would have 188.0 million people (it has 67.3 million). At United Kingdom's density, Palestine would have 1.7 million (it has 4.7 million).
United Kingdom's centre is 22.1° of latitude, about 2,460 km, farther north than Palestine's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	United Kingdom	40.1×
More people	United Kingdom	14.4×
More crowded	Palestine	2.79×
Farther north	United Kingdom	22.1° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	United Kingdom	2.9× against 1.4×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	United Kingdom	Palestine
Belgium 30,700 km²	7.95×	0.20×
Germany 358,000 km²	0.68×	0.02×
Japan 374,000 km²	0.65×	0.02×
France 548,000 km²	0.44×	0.01×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.08×	1 in 519
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	0.03×	1 in 1,395
United States 9,447,000 km²	0.03×	1 in 1,555
Russia 16,980,000 km²	0.01×	1 in 2,795

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

Side by side

	United Kingdom	Palestine
Area, main territory	244,000 km²94,100 mi²	6,070 km²2,350 mi²
Population	67.3 millionWikidata, 2021	4.7 millionNatural Earth, 2019
Density	276 per km²	771 per km²
Official area	242,000 km²Wikidata	–Wikidata
Capital	London	–
Latitude range	50°N to 61°N	31°N to 33°N
Continent	Europe	Asia

Population: Wikidata 2021 and Natural Earth 2019, 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%.

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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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