United Kingdom is 1.56× the size of Tunisia

United Kingdom covers about 244,000 km² (94,100 mi²) and Tunisia about 157,000 km² (60,500 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

244,000km²United Kingdom
157,000km²Tunisia

200 km

United Kingdom
Tunisia

What fits

Tunisia is 64% of the size of United Kingdom.
United Kingdom is larger by 87,200 km² (33,700 mi²), which is 56% of the area of Tunisia.
Measured in Belgiums: United Kingdom is about 7.95, Tunisia about 5.11.

How they differ

United Kingdom also has the larger population: 67.3 million against 11.6 million, 5.82× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 276 in United Kingdom against 74 in Tunisia: United Kingdom is 3.74× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 2,420 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: United Kingdom at 54°N is drawn about 2.9× too large and Tunisia at 34°N about 1.5×, so the map shows United Kingdom as 3.10× the size of Tunisia instead of 1.56×.
Together United Kingdom and Tunisia cover 400,000 km², close to the size of Paraguay (400,000 km², 0.1% smaller).
The gap between them, 87,200 km², is about the size of Azerbaijan (86,200 km²).
At Tunisia's density, United Kingdom would have 18.0 million people (it has 67.3 million). At United Kingdom's density, Tunisia would have 43.3 million (it has 11.6 million).
United Kingdom's centre is 19.9° of latitude, about 2,220 km, farther north than Tunisia's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	United Kingdom	1.56×
More people	United Kingdom	5.82×
More crowded	United Kingdom	3.74×
Farther north	United Kingdom	19.9° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	United Kingdom	2.9× against 1.5×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	United Kingdom	Tunisia
Belgium 30,700 km²	7.95×	5.11×
Germany 358,000 km²	0.68×	0.44×
Japan 374,000 km²	0.65×	0.42×
France 548,000 km²	0.44×	0.29×
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	Tunisia
Area, main territory	244,000 km²94,100 mi²	157,000 km²60,500 mi²
Population	67.3 millionWikidata, 2021	11.6 millionWikidata, 2018
Density	276 per km²	74 per km²
Official area	242,000 km²Wikidata	164,000 km²Wikidata
Capital	London	Tunis
Latitude range	50°N to 61°N	30°N to 37°N
Continent	Europe	Africa

Population: Wikidata 2021 and Wikidata 2018, 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 157,000 km² is 4.3% below Wikidata's official figure of 164,000 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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