Country size comparison
compared to
United Kingdom is about 73 times smaller than South America.
South America is approximately 17,840,000 sq km, while United Kingdom is approximately 243,610 sq km, making United Kingdom 1.37% the size of South America.
This to-scale comparison of
South America
vs.
United Kingdom
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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