United Kingdom covers 244,376 km² on the new Equal Earth world map, 0.2% of all land on Earth. It ranks 80th of 237 countries worldwide and 11th in Europe. At 54° latitude the old Mercator map inflates area by about 2.9×, drawing it closer to 707,713 km², a difference of roughly 190%.
For scale, United Kingdom is roughly the same size as New Zealand (268,838 km²).
You could fit 3 of Czechia inside United Kingdom.
United Kingdom: key figures
| True area | 244,376 km² |
| World rank | 80th |
| Share of world land | 0.2% |
| Rank in Europe | 11th / 50 |
| Old-map (Mercator) inflation | 2.9× |
| Apparent size on Mercator | 707,713 km² |
Largest countries in Europe (true area)