United Kingdom is 19.8× the size of Vanuatu

United Kingdom covers about 244,000 km² (94,100 mi²) and Vanuatu about 12,300 km² (4,750 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

244,000km²United Kingdom
12,300km²Vanuatu

200 km

United Kingdom
Vanuatu

What fits

Vanuatu fits inside United Kingdom about 19.8 times by area.
United Kingdom is larger by 231,000 km² (89,400 mi²), which is 1,883% of the area of Vanuatu.
Measured in Belgiums: United Kingdom is about 7.95, Vanuatu about 0.40.

How they differ

United Kingdom also has the larger population: 67.3 million against 300,000, 224× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 276 in United Kingdom against 24 in Vanuatu: United Kingdom is 11.3× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 15,700 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: United Kingdom at 54°N is drawn about 2.9× too large and Vanuatu at 16°S about 1.1×, so the map shows United Kingdom as 53.0× the size of Vanuatu instead of 19.8×.
Together United Kingdom and Vanuatu cover 256,000 km², close to the size of Ecuador (255,000 km², 0.4% smaller).
The gap between them, 231,000 km², is about the size of Laos (228,000 km²).
At Vanuatu's density, United Kingdom would have 5.9 million people (it has 67.3 million). At United Kingdom's density, Vanuatu would have 3.4 million (it has 300,000).
United Kingdom's centre is 70.2° of latitude, about 7,810 km, farther north than Vanuatu's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	United Kingdom	19.8×
More people	United Kingdom	224×
More crowded	United Kingdom	11.3×
Farther north	United Kingdom	70.2° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	United Kingdom	2.9× against 1.1×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	United Kingdom	Vanuatu
Belgium 30,700 km²	7.95×	0.40×
Germany 358,000 km²	0.68×	0.03×
Japan 374,000 km²	0.65×	0.03×
France 548,000 km²	0.44×	0.02×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.08×	1 in 256
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	0.03×	1 in 689
United States 9,447,000 km²	0.03×	1 in 768
Russia 16,980,000 km²	0.01×	1 in 1,381

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

Side by side

	United Kingdom	Vanuatu
Area, main territory	244,000 km²94,100 mi²	12,300 km²4,750 mi²
Population	67.3 millionWikidata, 2021	300,000Wikidata, 2020
Density	276 per km²	24 per km²
Official area	242,000 km²Wikidata	12,200 km²Wikidata
Capital	London	Port Vila
Latitude range	50°N to 61°N	20°S to 13°S
Continent	Europe	Oceania

Population: Wikidata 2021 and Wikidata 2020, 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 12,200 km² agrees with our measured area of 12,300 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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