Germany is 1.57× the size of Laos

Germany covers about 358,000 km² (138,000 mi²) and Laos about 228,000 km² (88,100 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

358,000km²Germany
228,000km²Laos

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Germany
Laos

What fits

Laos is 64% of the size of Germany.
Germany is larger by 130,000 km² (50,000 mi²), which is 57% of the area of Laos.
Measured in Belgiums: Germany is about 11.7, Laos about 7.44.

How they differ

Germany also has the larger population: 83.5 million against 6.9 million, 12.2× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 233 in Germany against 30 in Laos: Germany is 7.76× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 8,650 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Germany at 51°N is drawn about 2.5× too large and Laos at 18°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Germany as 3.57× the size of Laos instead of 1.57×.
Together Germany and Laos cover 586,000 km², close to the size of Kenya (586,000 km², 0.0% smaller).
The gap between them, 130,000 km², is about the size of Nicaragua (129,000 km²).
At Laos's density, Germany would have 10.8 million people (it has 83.5 million). At Germany's density, Laos would have 53.2 million (it has 6.9 million).
Germany's centre is 32.6° of latitude, about 3,620 km, farther north than Laos's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Germany	1.57×
More people	Germany	12.2×
More crowded	Germany	7.76×
Farther north	Germany	32.6° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Germany	2.5× against 1.1×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Germany	Laos
Belgium 30,700 km²	11.7×	7.44×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	1.47×	0.94×
Japan 374,000 km²	0.96×	0.61×
France 548,000 km²	0.65×	0.42×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.11×	0.07×
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	0.04×	0.03×
United States 9,447,000 km²	0.04×	0.02×
Russia 16,980,000 km²	0.02×	0.01×

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

Side by side

	Germany	Laos
Area, main territory	358,000 km²138,000 mi²	228,000 km²88,100 mi²
Population	83.5 millionWikidata, 2025	6.9 millionWikidata, 2017
Density	233 per km²	30 per km²
Official area	358,000 km²Wikidata	237,000 km²Wikidata
Capital	Berlin	Vientiane
Latitude range	47°N to 55°N	14°N to 22°N
Continent	Europe	Asia

Population: Wikidata 2025 and Wikidata 2017, covering each whole country. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 358,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 358,000 km², to within 2%.
Our measured 228,000 km² is 3.7% below Wikidata's official figure of 237,000 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.

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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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