United Kingdom is 3.27× the size of Panama

United Kingdom covers about 244,000 km² (94,100 mi²) and Panama about 74,500 km² (28,800 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

244,000km²United Kingdom
74,500km²Panama

200 km

United Kingdom
Panama

What fits

Panama fits inside United Kingdom about 3.27 times by area.
United Kingdom is larger by 169,000 km² (65,300 mi²), which is 227% of the area of Panama.
Measured in Belgiums: United Kingdom is about 7.95, Panama about 2.43.

How they differ

United Kingdom also has the larger population: 67.3 million against 4.6 million, 14.7× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 276 in United Kingdom against 61 in Panama: United Kingdom is 4.50× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 8,420 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: United Kingdom at 54°N is drawn about 2.9× too large and Panama at 9°N about 1.0×, so the map shows United Kingdom as 9.27× the size of Panama instead of 3.27×.
Together United Kingdom and Panama cover 318,000 km², close to the size of Ivory Coast (321,000 km², 0.7% bigger).
The gap between them, 169,000 km², is about the size of Somaliland (167,000 km²).
At Panama's density, United Kingdom would have 14.9 million people (it has 67.3 million). At United Kingdom's density, Panama would have 20.6 million (it has 4.6 million).
United Kingdom's centre is 45.5° of latitude, about 5,060 km, farther north than Panama's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	United Kingdom	3.27×
More people	United Kingdom	14.7×
More crowded	United Kingdom	4.50×
Farther north	United Kingdom	45.5° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	United Kingdom	2.9× against 1.0×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	United Kingdom	Panama
Belgium 30,700 km²	7.95×	2.43×
Germany 358,000 km²	0.68×	0.21×
Japan 374,000 km²	0.65×	0.20×
France 548,000 km²	0.44×	0.14×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.08×	0.02×
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	0.03×	0.01×
United States 9,447,000 km²	0.03×	0.01×
Russia 16,980,000 km²	0.01×	1 in 228

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

Side by side

	United Kingdom	Panama
Area, main territory	244,000 km²94,100 mi²	74,500 km²28,800 mi²
Population	67.3 millionWikidata, 2021	4.6 millionWikidata, 2025
Density	276 per km²	61 per km²
Official area	242,000 km²Wikidata	74,200 km²Wikidata
Capital	London	Panama City
Latitude range	50°N to 61°N	7°N to 10°N
Continent	Europe	North America

Population: Wikidata 2021 and Wikidata 2025, 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 74,200 km² agrees with our measured area of 74,500 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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