Ghana is 1.05× the size of Laos

Ghana covers about 239,000 km² (92,200 mi²) and Laos about 228,000 km² (88,100 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

239,000km²Ghana
228,000km²Laos

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Ghana
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What fits

Laos is 96% of the size of Ghana.
Ghana is larger by 10,600 km² (4,080 mi²), which is 4.6% of the area of Laos.
Measured in Belgiums: Ghana is about 7.78, Laos about 7.44.

How they differ

Ghana also has the larger population: 32.8 million against 6.9 million, 4.79× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 138 in Ghana against 30 in Laos: Ghana is 4.58× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 11,300 km apart.
On a standard web map Laos looks larger than Ghana: Ghana at 8°N is drawn about 1.0× too large and Laos at 18°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Laos as 1.04× the size of Ghana, when Ghana is 1.05× the size of Laos.
Together Ghana and Laos cover 467,000 km², close to the size of Papua New Guinea (465,000 km², 0.4% smaller).
The gap between them, 10,600 km², is about the size of Gambia (10,500 km²).
At Laos's density, Ghana would have 7.2 million people (it has 32.8 million). At Ghana's density, Laos would have 31.4 million (it has 6.9 million).
Laos's centre is 10.5° of latitude, about 1,170 km, farther north than Ghana's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Ghana	1.05×
More people	Ghana	4.79×
More crowded	Ghana	4.58×
Farther north	Laos	10.5° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Laos	1.1× against 1.0×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Ghana	Laos
Belgium 30,700 km²	7.78×	7.44×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	0.98×	0.94×
Germany 358,000 km²	0.67×	0.64×
Japan 374,000 km²	0.64×	0.61×
France 548,000 km²	0.44×	0.42×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.08×	0.07×
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	0.03×	0.03×
United States 9,447,000 km²	0.03×	0.02×
Russia 16,980,000 km²	0.01×	0.01×

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

Side by side

	Ghana	Laos
Area, main territory	239,000 km²92,200 mi²	228,000 km²88,100 mi²
Population	32.8 millionWikidata, 2021	6.9 millionWikidata, 2017
Density	138 per km²	30 per km²
Official area	239,000 km²Wikidata	237,000 km²Wikidata
Capital	Accra	Vientiane
Latitude range	5°N to 11°N	14°N to 22°N
Continent	Africa	Asia

Population: Wikidata 2021 and Wikidata 2017, covering each whole country. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 239,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 239,000 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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