Country size comparison
compared to
United Kingdom is about 40 times smaller than United States.
United States is approximately 9,833,517 sq km, while United Kingdom is approximately 243,610 sq km, making United Kingdom 2.48% the size of United States. Meanwhile, the population of United States is ~337.3 million people (269.6 million fewer people live in United Kingdom).
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