United Kingdom is 87.7× the size of Samoa

United Kingdom covers about 244,000 km² (94,100 mi²) and Samoa about 2,780 km² (1,070 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

244,000km²United Kingdom
2,780km²Samoa

200 km

United Kingdom
Samoa

What fits

Samoa fits inside United Kingdom about 87.7 times by area.
United Kingdom is larger by 241,000 km² (93,100 mi²), which is 8,668% of the area of Samoa.
Measured in Belgiums: United Kingdom is about 7.95, Samoa about 0.09.

How they differ

United Kingdom also has the larger population: 67.3 million against 200,000, 337× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 276 in United Kingdom against 72 in Samoa: United Kingdom is 3.84× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 15,400 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: United Kingdom at 54°N is drawn about 2.9× too large and Samoa at 14°S about 1.1×, so the map shows United Kingdom as 240× the size of Samoa instead of 87.7×.
Together United Kingdom and Samoa cover 247,000 km², close to the size of Guinea (244,000 km², 0.9% smaller).
The gap between them, 241,000 km², is about the size of Uganda (242,000 km²).
At Samoa's density, United Kingdom would have 17.5 million people (it has 67.3 million). At United Kingdom's density, Samoa would have 768,000 (it has 200,000).
United Kingdom's centre is 67.8° of latitude, about 7,540 km, farther north than Samoa's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	United Kingdom	87.7×
More people	United Kingdom	337×
More crowded	United Kingdom	3.84×
Farther north	United Kingdom	67.8° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	United Kingdom	2.9× against 1.1×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	United Kingdom	Samoa
Belgium 30,700 km²	7.95×	0.09×
Germany 358,000 km²	0.68×	0.01×
Japan 374,000 km²	0.65×	0.01×
France 548,000 km²	0.44×	0.01×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.08×	1 in 1,133
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	0.03×	1 in 3,047
United States 9,447,000 km²	0.03×	1 in 3,398
Russia 16,980,000 km²	0.01×	1 in 6,107

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

Side by side

	United Kingdom	Samoa
Area, main territory	244,000 km²94,100 mi²	2,780 km²1,070 mi²
Population	67.3 millionWikidata, 2021	200,000Wikidata, 2021
Density	276 per km²	72 per km²
Official area	242,000 km²Wikidata	2,840 km²Wikidata
Capital	London	Apia
Latitude range	50°N to 61°N	14°S to 13°S
Continent	Europe	Oceania

Population: Wikidata 2021, 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 2,780 km² is 2.2% below Wikidata's official figure of 2,840 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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