Laos is 1.08× the size of Guyana
Laos covers about 228,000 km² (88,100 mi²) and Guyana about 211,000 km² (81,600 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 228,000km²Laos
- 211,000km²Guyana
200 km
- Laos
- Guyana
What fits
- Guyana is 93% of the size of Laos.
- Laos is larger by 16,900 km² (6,530 mi²), which is 8.0% of the area of Guyana.
- Measured in Belgiums: Laos is about 7.44, Guyana about 6.89.
How they differ
- Laos also has the larger population: 6.9 million against 879,000, 7.81× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 30 in Laos against 4.2 in Guyana: Laos is 7.23× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 16,800 km apart.
- Together Laos and Guyana cover 439,000 km², close to the size of Iraq (437,000 km², 0.4% smaller).
- The gap between them, 16,900 km², is about the size of Eswatini (17,100 km²).
- At Guyana's density, Laos would have 949,000 people (it has 6.9 million). At Laos's density, Guyana would have 6.4 million (it has 879,000).
- Laos's centre is 13.7° of latitude, about 1,520 km, farther north than Guyana's.
Who wins on what
| Measure | Winner | By |
|---|---|---|
| Larger area | Laos | 1.08× |
| More people | Laos | 7.81× |
| More crowded | Laos | 7.23× |
| Farther north | Laos | 13.7° of latitude |
| Stretched more on a web map | Laos | 1.1× against 1.0× |
Both against the same yardsticks
| Yardstick | Laos | Guyana |
|---|---|---|
| Belgium 30,700 km² | 7.44× | 6.89× |
| United Kingdom 244,000 km² | 0.94× | 0.87× |
| Germany 358,000 km² | 0.64× | 0.59× |
| Japan 374,000 km² | 0.61× | 0.57× |
| France 548,000 km² | 0.42× | 0.39× |
| 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 | Guyana | |
|---|---|---|
| Area, main territory | 228,000 km²88,100 mi² | 211,000 km²81,600 mi² |
| Population | 6.9 millionWikidata, 2017 | 879,000Wikidata, 2022 |
| Density | 30 per km² | 4.2 per km² |
| Official area | 237,000 km²Wikidata | 215,000 km²Wikidata |
| Capital | Vientiane | Georgetown |
| Latitude range | 14°N to 22°N | 1°N to 9°N |
| Continent | Asia | South America |
Population: Wikidata 2017 and Wikidata 2022, 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 215,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 211,000 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