United Kingdom is 235× the size of São Tomé and Príncipe

United Kingdom covers about 244,000 km² (94,100 mi²) and São Tomé and Príncipe about 1,040 km² (400 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

244,000km²United Kingdom
1,040km²São Tomé and Príncipe

200 km

United Kingdom
São Tomé and Príncipe

What fits

São Tomé and Príncipe fits inside United Kingdom about 235 times by area.
United Kingdom is larger by 243,000 km² (93,700 mi²), which is 23,404% of the area of São Tomé and Príncipe.
Measured in Belgiums: United Kingdom is about 7.95, São Tomé and Príncipe about 0.03.

How they differ

United Kingdom also has the larger population: 67.3 million against 204,000, 330× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 276 in United Kingdom against 197 in São Tomé and Príncipe: United Kingdom is 1.40× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 6,020 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: United Kingdom at 54°N is drawn about 2.9× too large and São Tomé and Príncipe at 0°N about 1.0×, so the map shows United Kingdom as 681× the size of São Tomé and Príncipe instead of 235×.
Together United Kingdom and São Tomé and Príncipe cover 245,000 km², close to the size of Guinea (244,000 km², 0.2% smaller).
The gap between them, 243,000 km², is about the size of Uganda (242,000 km²).
At São Tomé and Príncipe's density, United Kingdom would have 48.0 million people (it has 67.3 million). At United Kingdom's density, São Tomé and Príncipe would have 286,000 (it has 204,000).
United Kingdom's centre is 53.6° of latitude, about 5,960 km, farther north than São Tomé and Príncipe's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	United Kingdom	235×
More people	United Kingdom	330×
More crowded	United Kingdom	1.40×
Farther north	United Kingdom	53.6° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	United Kingdom	2.9× against 1.0×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	United Kingdom	São Tomé and Príncipe
Belgium 30,700 km²	7.95×	0.03×
Germany 358,000 km²	0.68×	1 in 345
Japan 374,000 km²	0.65×	1 in 360
France 548,000 km²	0.44×	1 in 528
India 3,151,000 km²	0.08×	1 in 3,038
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	0.03×	1 in 8,169
United States 9,447,000 km²	0.03×	1 in 9,109
Russia 16,980,000 km²	0.01×	1 in 16,371

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

Side by side

	United Kingdom	São Tomé and Príncipe
Area, main territory	244,000 km²94,100 mi²	1,040 km²400 mi²
Population	67.3 millionWikidata, 2021	204,000Wikidata, 2017
Density	276 per km²	197 per km²
Official area	242,000 km²Wikidata	1,000 km²Wikidata
Capital	London	São Tomé
Latitude range	50°N to 61°N	0°N to 2°N
Continent	Europe	Africa

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 1,040 km² is 3.6% above Wikidata's official figure of 1,000 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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