Laos is 1.10× the size of Belarus

Laos covers about 228,000 km² (88,100 mi²) and Belarus about 207,000 km² (80,100 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

228,000km²Laos
207,000km²Belarus

200 km

Laos
Belarus

What fits

Belarus is 91% of the size of Laos.
Laos is larger by 20,600 km² (7,960 mi²), which is 9.9% of the area of Belarus.
Measured in Belgiums: Laos is about 7.44, Belarus about 6.77.

How they differ

Laos is larger, but Belarus has the larger population: 9.1 million against 6.9 million, 1.32× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 44 in Belarus against 30 in Laos: Belarus is 1.45× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 7,430 km apart.
On a standard web map Belarus looks larger than Laos: Laos at 18°N is drawn about 1.1× too large and Belarus at 54°N about 2.8×, so the map shows Belarus as 2.31× the size of Laos, when Laos is 1.10× the size of Belarus.
Together Laos and Belarus cover 436,000 km², close to the size of Iraq (437,000 km², 0.4% bigger).
The gap between them, 20,600 km², is about the size of El Salvador (20,500 km²).
At Belarus's density, Laos would have 10.0 million people (it has 6.9 million). At Laos's density, Belarus would have 6.2 million (it has 9.1 million).
Belarus's centre is 35.0° of latitude, about 3,900 km, farther north than Laos's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Laos	1.10×
More people	Belarus	1.32×
More crowded	Belarus	1.45×
Farther north	Belarus	35.0° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Belarus	2.8× against 1.1×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Laos	Belarus
Belgium 30,700 km²	7.44×	6.77×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	0.94×	0.85×
Germany 358,000 km²	0.64×	0.58×
Japan 374,000 km²	0.61×	0.56×
France 548,000 km²	0.42×	0.38×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.07×	0.07×
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	0.03×	0.02×
United States 9,447,000 km²	0.02×	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

	Laos	Belarus
Area, main territory	228,000 km²88,100 mi²	207,000 km²80,100 mi²
Population	6.9 millionWikidata, 2017	9.1 millionWikidata, 2026
Density	30 per km²	44 per km²
Official area	237,000 km²Wikidata	208,000 km²Wikidata
Capital	Vientiane	Minsk
Latitude range	14°N to 22°N	51°N to 56°N
Continent	Asia	Europe

Population: Wikidata 2017 and Wikidata 2026, covering each whole country. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

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.
Wikidata's official figure of 208,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 207,000 km², to within 2%.

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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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