Laos is 28.5× the size of Community of Madrid

Laos (Asia) covers about 228,000 km² (88,100 mi²) and Community of Madrid (autonomous community of Spain) about 8,000 km² (3,090 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

228,000km²Laos
8,000km²Community of Madrid

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Laos
Community of Madrid

What fits

Community of Madrid fits inside Laos about 28.5 times by area.
Laos is larger by 220,000 km² (85,000 mi²), which is 2,751% of the area of Community of Madrid.
Measured in Belgiums: Laos is about 7.44, Community of Madrid about 0.26.

How they differ

Laos is larger, but Community of Madrid has the larger population: 7.0 million against 6.9 million, 1.02× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 875 in Community of Madrid against 30 in Laos: Community of Madrid is 29.1× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 10,100 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Laos at 18°N is drawn about 1.1× too large and Community of Madrid at 40°N about 1.7×, so the map shows Laos as 18.3× the size of Community of Madrid instead of 28.5×.
Together Laos and Community of Madrid cover 236,000 km², close to the size of Romania (236,000 km², 0.1% bigger).
The gap between them, 220,000 km², is about the size of Guyana (211,000 km²).
At Community of Madrid's density, Laos would have 199.6 million people (it has 6.9 million). At Laos's density, Community of Madrid would have 241,000 (it has 7.0 million).
Community of Madrid's centre is 22.0° of latitude, about 2,450 km, farther north than Laos's.
Laos ranks 84th of 246 countries and territories by area.
Community of Madrid is the 12th largest of the 19 autonomous communities and cities of Spain and covers 1.6% of its area; it is the 3rd most densely populated of them.
Community of Madrid lies about 22° of latitude (roughly 2,450 km) north of Laos.
Shared out evenly, each person in Laos would have about 33,260 m² and each person in Community of Madrid about 1,140 m².
Laid side by side, Laos and Community of Madrid would cover 236,000 km², about the same size as Romania.
Together they have 13.9 million people, about as many people as Burundi.
Counted as a country, Community of Madrid would rank 170th by area and 106th by population.

Side by side

	Laos	Community of Madrid
Is a	CountryAsia	Autonomous communitySpain
Area, measured	228,000 km²88,100 mi²	8,000 km²3,090 mi²
Official area	237,000 km²Wikidata	8,030 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	83rd of 239worldwide	12th of 19in Spain
Population	6.9 millionWikidata, 2017	7.0 millionWikidata, 2024
Rank by population	106th of 237worldwide	3rd of 19in Spain
Density	30 per km²	875 per km²
Capital	Vientiane	Madrid
Latitude range	14°N to 22°N	40°N to 41°N

Population: Wikidata 2017 and Wikidata 2024. 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 8,030 km² agrees with our measured area of 8,000 km², to within 2%.

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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

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