United Kingdom is 8.96× the size of Solomon Islands

United Kingdom covers about 244,000 km² (94,100 mi²) and Solomon Islands about 27,200 km² (10,500 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

244,000km²United Kingdom
27,200km²Solomon Islands

200 km

United Kingdom
Solomon Islands

What fits

Solomon Islands fits inside United Kingdom about 8.96 times by area.
United Kingdom is larger by 217,000 km² (83,600 mi²), which is 796% of the area of Solomon Islands.
Measured in Belgiums: United Kingdom is about 7.95, Solomon Islands about 0.89.

How they differ

United Kingdom also has the larger population: 67.3 million against 611,000, 110× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 276 in United Kingdom against 22 in Solomon Islands: United Kingdom is 12.3× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 14,800 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: United Kingdom at 54°N is drawn about 2.9× too large and Solomon Islands at 9°S about 1.0×, so the map shows United Kingdom as 25.4× the size of Solomon Islands instead of 8.96×.
Together United Kingdom and Solomon Islands cover 271,000 km², close to the size of Burkina Faso (273,000 km², 0.7% bigger).
The gap between them, 217,000 km², is about the size of Guyana (211,000 km²).
At Solomon Islands's density, United Kingdom would have 5.5 million people (it has 67.3 million). At United Kingdom's density, Solomon Islands would have 7.5 million (it has 611,000).
United Kingdom's centre is 62.9° of latitude, about 7,000 km, farther north than Solomon Islands's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	United Kingdom	8.96×
More people	United Kingdom	110×
More crowded	United Kingdom	12.3×
Farther north	United Kingdom	62.9° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	United Kingdom	2.9× against 1.0×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	United Kingdom	Solomon Islands
Belgium 30,700 km²	7.95×	0.89×
Germany 358,000 km²	0.68×	0.08×
Japan 374,000 km²	0.65×	0.07×
France 548,000 km²	0.44×	0.05×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.08×	0.01×
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	0.03×	1 in 312
United States 9,447,000 km²	0.03×	1 in 347
Russia 16,980,000 km²	0.01×	1 in 624

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

Side by side

	United Kingdom	Solomon Islands
Area, main territory	244,000 km²94,100 mi²	27,200 km²10,500 mi²
Population	67.3 millionWikidata, 2021	611,000Wikidata, 2017
Density	276 per km²	22 per km²
Official area	242,000 km²Wikidata	28,400 km²Wikidata
Capital	London	Honiara
Latitude range	50°N to 61°N	12°S to 7°S
Continent	Europe	Oceania

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 27,200 km² is 4.2% below Wikidata's official figure of 28,400 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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