United Kingdom is 1.68× the size of Suriname

United Kingdom covers about 244,000 km² (94,100 mi²) and Suriname about 145,000 km² (56,000 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

244,000km²United Kingdom
145,000km²Suriname

200 km

United Kingdom
Suriname

What fits

Suriname is 60% of the size of United Kingdom.
United Kingdom is larger by 98,700 km² (38,100 mi²), which is 68% of the area of Suriname.
Measured in Belgiums: United Kingdom is about 7.95, Suriname about 4.73.

How they differ

United Kingdom also has the larger population: 67.3 million against 563,000, 120× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 276 in United Kingdom against 3.9 in Suriname: United Kingdom is 71.1× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 7,320 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: United Kingdom at 54°N is drawn about 2.9× too large and Suriname at 4°N about 1.0×, so the map shows United Kingdom as 4.84× the size of Suriname instead of 1.68×.
Together United Kingdom and Suriname cover 389,000 km², close to the size of Zimbabwe (389,000 km², 0.1% bigger).
The gap between them, 98,700 km², is about the size of South Korea (98,500 km²).
At Suriname's density, United Kingdom would have 946,000 people (it has 67.3 million). At United Kingdom's density, Suriname would have 40.1 million (it has 563,000).
United Kingdom's centre is 49.9° of latitude, about 5,550 km, farther north than Suriname's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	United Kingdom	1.68×
More people	United Kingdom	120×
More crowded	United Kingdom	71.1×
Farther north	United Kingdom	49.9° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	United Kingdom	2.9× against 1.0×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	United Kingdom	Suriname
Belgium 30,700 km²	7.95×	4.73×
Germany 358,000 km²	0.68×	0.41×
Japan 374,000 km²	0.65×	0.39×
France 548,000 km²	0.44×	0.26×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.08×	0.05×
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	Suriname
Area, main territory	244,000 km²94,100 mi²	145,000 km²56,000 mi²
Population	67.3 millionWikidata, 2021	563,000Wikidata, 2017
Density	276 per km²	3.9 per km²
Official area	242,000 km²Wikidata	163,000 km²Wikidata
Capital	London	Paramaribo
Latitude range	50°N to 61°N	2°N to 6°N
Continent	Europe	South America

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 145,000 km² is 11% below Wikidata's official figure of 163,000 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.

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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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