United Kingdom is 1.03× the size of Romania

United Kingdom covers about 244,000 km² (94,100 mi²) and Romania about 236,000 km² (91,300 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

244,000km²United Kingdom
236,000km²Romania

200 km

United Kingdom
Romania

What fits

Romania is 97% of the size of United Kingdom.
United Kingdom is larger by 7,410 km² (2,860 mi²), which is 3.1% of the area of Romania.
Measured in Belgiums: United Kingdom is about 7.95, Romania about 7.71.

How they differ

United Kingdom also has the larger population: 67.3 million against 19.1 million, 3.53× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 276 in United Kingdom against 81 in Romania: United Kingdom is 3.43× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 2,170 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: United Kingdom at 54°N is drawn about 2.9× too large and Romania at 46°N about 2.1×, so the map shows United Kingdom as 1.45× the size of Romania instead of 1.03×.
Together United Kingdom and Romania cover 480,000 km², close to the size of Somalia (472,000 km², 1.7% smaller).
The gap between them, 7,410 km², is about the size of Palestine (6,070 km²).
At Romania's density, United Kingdom would have 19.7 million people (it has 67.3 million). At United Kingdom's density, Romania would have 65.3 million (it has 19.1 million).
United Kingdom's centre is 8.2° of latitude, about 910 km, farther north than Romania's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	United Kingdom	1.03×
More people	United Kingdom	3.53×
More crowded	United Kingdom	3.43×
Farther north	United Kingdom	8.2° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	United Kingdom	2.9× against 2.1×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	United Kingdom	Romania
Belgium 30,700 km²	7.95×	7.71×
Germany 358,000 km²	0.68×	0.66×
Japan 374,000 km²	0.65×	0.63×
France 548,000 km²	0.44×	0.43×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.08×	0.08×
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	0.03×	0.03×
United States 9,447,000 km²	0.03×	0.03×
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	Romania
Area, main territory	244,000 km²94,100 mi²	236,000 km²91,300 mi²
Population	67.3 millionWikidata, 2021	19.1 millionWikidata, 2022
Density	276 per km²	81 per km²
Official area	242,000 km²Wikidata	238,000 km²Wikidata
Capital	London	Bucharest
Latitude range	50°N to 61°N	44°N to 48°N
Continent	Europe	Europe

Population: Wikidata 2021 and Wikidata 2022, 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 238,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 236,000 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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