United Kingdom is 1.31× the size of Syria

United Kingdom covers about 244,000 km² (94,100 mi²) and Syria about 186,000 km² (71,800 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

244,000km²United Kingdom
186,000km²Syria

200 km

United Kingdom
Syria

What fits

Syria is 76% of the size of United Kingdom.
United Kingdom is larger by 57,800 km² (22,300 mi²), which is 31% of the area of Syria.
Measured in Belgiums: United Kingdom is about 7.95, Syria about 6.06.

How they differ

United Kingdom also has the larger population: 67.3 million against 23.9 million, 2.82× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 276 in United Kingdom against 128 in Syria: United Kingdom is 2.15× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 3,820 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: United Kingdom at 54°N is drawn about 2.9× too large and Syria at 35°N about 1.5×, so the map shows United Kingdom as 2.55× the size of Syria instead of 1.31×.
Together United Kingdom and Syria cover 430,000 km², close to the size of Iraq (437,000 km², 1.8% bigger).
The gap between them, 57,800 km², is about the size of Togo (56,900 km²).
At Syria's density, United Kingdom would have 31.3 million people (it has 67.3 million). At United Kingdom's density, Syria would have 51.4 million (it has 23.9 million).
United Kingdom's centre is 19.0° of latitude, about 2,110 km, farther north than Syria's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	United Kingdom	1.31×
More people	United Kingdom	2.82×
More crowded	United Kingdom	2.15×
Farther north	United Kingdom	19.0° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	United Kingdom	2.9× against 1.5×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	United Kingdom	Syria
Belgium 30,700 km²	7.95×	6.06×
Germany 358,000 km²	0.68×	0.52×
Japan 374,000 km²	0.65×	0.50×
France 548,000 km²	0.44×	0.34×
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	Syria
Area, main territory	244,000 km²94,100 mi²	186,000 km²71,800 mi²
Population	67.3 millionWikidata, 2021	23.9 millionWikidata, 2024
Density	276 per km²	128 per km²
Official area	242,000 km²Wikidata	185,000 km²Wikidata
Capital	London	Damascus
Latitude range	50°N to 61°N	32°N to 37°N
Continent	Europe	Asia

Population: Wikidata 2021 and Wikidata 2024, 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 185,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 186,000 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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