Country size comparison

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United Kingdom is about 2.3 times smaller than France.

France is approximately 551,500 sq km, while United Kingdom is approximately 243,610 sq km, making United Kingdom 44.17% the size of France. Meanwhile, the population of France is ~68.3 million people (513,748 fewer people live in United Kingdom).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of France vs. United Kingdom uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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