United Kingdom is 21.9× the size of Qatar

United Kingdom covers about 244,000 km² (94,100 mi²) and Qatar about 11,200 km² (4,310 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

244,000km²United Kingdom
11,200km²Qatar

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United Kingdom
Qatar

What fits

Qatar fits inside United Kingdom about 21.9 times by area.
United Kingdom is larger by 233,000 km² (89,800 mi²), which is 2,086% of the area of Qatar.
Measured in Belgiums: United Kingdom is about 7.95, Qatar about 0.36.

How they differ

United Kingdom also has the larger population: 67.3 million against 2.6 million, 25.5× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 276 in United Kingdom against 237 in Qatar: United Kingdom is 1.17× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 5,430 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: United Kingdom at 54°N is drawn about 2.9× too large and Qatar at 25°N about 1.2×, so the map shows United Kingdom as 51.8× the size of Qatar instead of 21.9×.
Together United Kingdom and Qatar cover 255,000 km², close to the size of Ecuador (255,000 km², 0.0% bigger).
The gap between them, 233,000 km², is about the size of Romania (236,000 km²).
At Qatar's density, United Kingdom would have 57.7 million people (it has 67.3 million). At United Kingdom's density, Qatar would have 3.1 million (it has 2.6 million).
United Kingdom's centre is 28.7° of latitude, about 3,190 km, farther north than Qatar's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	United Kingdom	21.9×
More people	United Kingdom	25.5×
More crowded	United Kingdom	1.17×
Farther north	United Kingdom	28.7° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	United Kingdom	2.9× against 1.2×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	United Kingdom	Qatar
Belgium 30,700 km²	7.95×	0.36×
Germany 358,000 km²	0.68×	0.03×
Japan 374,000 km²	0.65×	0.03×
France 548,000 km²	0.44×	0.02×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.08×	1 in 283
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	0.03×	1 in 760
United States 9,447,000 km²	0.03×	1 in 847
Russia 16,980,000 km²	0.01×	1 in 1,523

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

Side by side

	United Kingdom	Qatar
Area, main territory	244,000 km²94,100 mi²	11,200 km²4,310 mi²
Population	67.3 millionWikidata, 2021	2.6 millionWikidata, 2017
Density	276 per km²	237 per km²
Official area	242,000 km²Wikidata	11,400 km²Wikidata
Capital	London	Doha
Latitude range	50°N to 61°N	25°N to 26°N
Continent	Europe	Asia

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%.
Our measured 11,200 km² is 2.5% below Wikidata's official figure of 11,400 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.

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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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