Goiás is 1.50× the size of Laos
Goiás (state of Brazil) covers about 341,000 km² (132,000 mi²) and Laos (Asia) about 228,000 km² (88,100 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 341,000km²Goiás
- 228,000km²Laos
200 km
- Goiás
- Laos
What fits
- Laos is 67% of the size of Goiás.
- Goiás is larger by 113,000 km² (43,700 mi²), which is 50% of the area of Laos.
- Measured in Belgiums: Goiás is about 11.1, Laos about 7.44.
How they differ
- Goiás also has the larger population: 7.1 million against 6.9 million, 1.03× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 30 in Laos against 21 in Goiás: Laos is 1.45× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 17,200 km apart.
- Together Goiás and Laos cover 569,000 km², close to the size of Ukraine (572,000 km², 0.5% bigger).
- The gap between them, 113,000 km², is about the size of Bulgaria (113,000 km²).
- At Laos's density, Goiás would have 10.3 million people (it has 7.1 million). At Goiás's density, Laos would have 4.7 million (it has 6.9 million).
- Laos's centre is 34.5° of latitude, about 3,840 km, farther north than Goiás's.
- Goiás is the 7th largest of the 27 states and districts of Brazil and covers 4.0% of its area; it is the 17th most densely populated of them.
- Laos ranks 84th of 246 countries and territories by area.
- Laos lies about 35° of latitude (roughly 3,840 km) north of Goiás, on the other side of the equator.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Goiás would have about 48,360 m² and each person in Laos about 33,260 m².
- Laid side by side, Goiás and Laos would cover 569,000 km², about the same size as Ukraine.
- Together they have 13.9 million people, about as many people as Benin.
- Counted as a country, Goiás would rank 66th by area and 106th by population.
Side by side
| Goiás | Laos | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | StateBrazil | CountryAsia |
| Area, measured | 341,000 km²132,000 mi² | 228,000 km²88,100 mi² |
| Official area | 340,000 km²Wikidata | 237,000 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 7th of 27in Brazil | 83rd of 239worldwide |
| Population | 7.1 millionWikidata, 2022 | 6.9 millionWikidata, 2017 |
| Rank by population | 11th of 27in Brazil | 106th of 237worldwide |
| Density | 21 per km² | 30 per km² |
| Capital | Goiânia | Vientiane |
| Latitude range | 19°S to 12°S | 14°N to 22°N |
Population: Wikidata 2022 and Wikidata 2017. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 340,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 341,000 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 1 - States, Provinces, public domain for the region; Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, public domain
- Boundary
- De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth. A region is drawn whole, every island included; a country is its main territory.
- Area
- Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outlines, shown rounded.
- 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
- 2026-11-12