United Kingdom is 1.24× the size of Senegal

United Kingdom covers about 244,000 km² (94,100 mi²) and Senegal about 196,000 km² (75,800 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

244,000km²United Kingdom
196,000km²Senegal

200 km

United Kingdom
Senegal

What fits

Senegal is 80% of the size of United Kingdom.
United Kingdom is larger by 47,600 km² (18,400 mi²), which is 24% of the area of Senegal.
Measured in Belgiums: United Kingdom is about 7.95, Senegal about 6.40.

How they differ

United Kingdom also has the larger population: 67.3 million against 16.9 million, 3.99× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 276 in United Kingdom against 86 in Senegal: United Kingdom is 3.21× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 4,530 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: United Kingdom at 54°N is drawn about 2.9× too large and Senegal at 14°N about 1.1×, so the map shows United Kingdom as 3.38× the size of Senegal instead of 1.24×.
Together United Kingdom and Senegal cover 440,000 km², close to the size of Iraq (437,000 km², 0.6% smaller).
The gap between them, 47,600 km², is about the size of Dominican Republic (48,400 km²).
At Senegal's density, United Kingdom would have 21.0 million people (it has 67.3 million). At United Kingdom's density, Senegal would have 54.2 million (it has 16.9 million).
United Kingdom's centre is 39.7° of latitude, about 4,410 km, farther north than Senegal's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	United Kingdom	1.24×
More people	United Kingdom	3.99×
More crowded	United Kingdom	3.21×
Farther north	United Kingdom	39.7° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	United Kingdom	2.9× against 1.1×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	United Kingdom	Senegal
Belgium 30,700 km²	7.95×	6.40×
Germany 358,000 km²	0.68×	0.55×
Japan 374,000 km²	0.65×	0.53×
France 548,000 km²	0.44×	0.36×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.08×	0.06×
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	0.03×	0.02×
United States 9,447,000 km²	0.03×	0.02×
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	Senegal
Area, main territory	244,000 km²94,100 mi²	196,000 km²75,800 mi²
Population	67.3 millionWikidata, 2021	16.9 millionWikidata, 2021
Density	276 per km²	86 per km²
Official area	242,000 km²Wikidata	197,000 km²Wikidata
Capital	London	Dakar
Latitude range	50°N to 61°N	12°N to 17°N
Continent	Europe	Africa

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%.
Wikidata's official figure of 197,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 196,000 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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