Laos is 4.12× the size of Himachal Pradesh
Laos (Asia) covers about 228,000 km² (88,100 mi²) and Himachal Pradesh (state of India) about 55,400 km² (21,400 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 228,000km²Laos
- 55,400km²Himachal Pradesh
200 km
- Laos
- Himachal Pradesh
What fits
- Himachal Pradesh fits inside Laos about 4.12 times by area.
- Laos is larger by 173,000 km² (66,700 mi²), which is 312% of the area of Himachal Pradesh.
- Measured in Belgiums: Laos is about 7.44, Himachal Pradesh about 1.81.
How they differ
- Laos is larger, but Himachal Pradesh has the larger population: 6.9 million against 6.9 million, 1.00× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 124 in Himachal Pradesh against 30 in Laos: Himachal Pradesh is 4.12× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 3,050 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Laos at 18°N is drawn about 1.1× too large and Himachal Pradesh at 32°N about 1.4×, so the map shows Laos as 3.30× the size of Himachal Pradesh instead of 4.12×.
- Together Laos and Himachal Pradesh cover 284,000 km², close to the size of Philippines (293,000 km², 3.4% bigger).
- The gap between them, 173,000 km², is about the size of Uruguay (177,000 km²).
- At Himachal Pradesh's density, Laos would have 28.3 million people (it has 6.9 million). At Laos's density, Himachal Pradesh would have 1.7 million (it has 6.9 million).
- Himachal Pradesh's centre is 13.4° of latitude, about 1,500 km, farther north than Laos's.
- Laos ranks 84th of 246 countries and territories by area.
- Himachal Pradesh is the 18th largest of the 36 states and union territories of India and covers 1.8% of its area; it is the 30th most densely populated of them.
- Himachal Pradesh lies about 13° of latitude (roughly 1,500 km) north of Laos.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Laos would have about 33,260 m² and each person in Himachal Pradesh about 8,070 m².
- Laid side by side, Laos and Himachal Pradesh would cover 284,000 km², 97% of the size of the Philippines.
- Together they have 13.7 million people, about as many people as Burundi.
- Counted as a country, Himachal Pradesh would rank 127th by area and 106th by population.
Side by side
| Laos | Himachal Pradesh | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | CountryAsia | StateIndia |
| Area, measured | 228,000 km²88,100 mi² | 55,400 km²21,400 mi² |
| Official area | 237,000 km²Wikidata | 55,800 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 83rd of 239worldwide | 18th of 36in India |
| Population | 6.9 millionWikidata, 2017 | 6.9 millionWikidata, 2011 |
| Rank by population | 106th of 237worldwide | 22nd of 36in India |
| Density | 30 per km² | 124 per km² |
| Capital | Vientiane | Shimla |
| Latitude range | 14°N to 22°N | 30°N to 33°N |
Population: Wikidata 2017 and Wikidata 2011. 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 55,800 km² agrees with our measured area of 55,400 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