Laos is 2.09× the size of Tennessee
Laos (Asia) covers about 228,000 km² (88,100 mi²) and Tennessee (state of the United States) about 109,000 km² (42,200 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 228,000km²Laos
- 109,000km²Tennessee
200 km
- Laos
- Tennessee
What fits
- Tennessee fits inside Laos about 2.09 times by area.
- Laos is larger by 119,000 km² (45,900 mi²), which is 109% of the area of Tennessee.
- Measured in Belgiums: Laos is about 7.44, Tennessee about 3.56.
How they differ
- Laos is larger, but Tennessee has the larger population: 6.9 million against 6.9 million, 1.01× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 63 in Tennessee against 30 in Laos: Tennessee is 2.10× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 13,900 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Laos at 18°N is drawn about 1.1× too large and Tennessee at 36°N about 1.5×, so the map shows Laos as 1.52× the size of Tennessee instead of 2.09×.
- Together Laos and Tennessee cover 337,000 km², close to the size of Finland (333,000 km², 1.3% smaller).
- The gap between them, 119,000 km², is about the size of Malawi (119,000 km²).
- At Tennessee's density, Laos would have 14.4 million people (it has 6.9 million). At Laos's density, Tennessee would have 3.3 million (it has 6.9 million).
- Tennessee's centre is 17.4° of latitude, about 1,930 km, farther north than Laos's.
- Laos ranks 84th of 246 countries and territories by area.
- Tennessee is the 35th largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers 1.2% of its area; it is the 20th most densely populated of them.
- Tennessee lies about 17° of latitude (roughly 1,930 km) north of Laos.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Laos would have about 33,260 m² and each person in Tennessee about 15,820 m².
- Laid side by side, Laos and Tennessee would cover 337,000 km², about the same size as Finland.
- Together they have 13.8 million people, about as many people as Burundi.
- Counted as a country, Tennessee would rank 106th by area and 106th by population.
Side by side
| Laos | Tennessee | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | CountryAsia | StateUnited States |
| Area, measured | 228,000 km²88,100 mi² | 109,000 km²42,200 mi² |
| Official area | 237,000 km²Wikidata | 109,000 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 83rd of 239worldwide | 35th of 51in the United States |
| Population | 6.9 millionWikidata, 2017 | 6.9 millionWikidata, 2020 |
| Rank by population | 106th of 237worldwide | 16th of 51in the United States |
| Density | 30 per km² | 63 per km² |
| Capital | Vientiane | Nashville |
| Latitude range | 14°N to 22°N | 35°N to 37°N |
Population: Wikidata 2017 and Wikidata 2020. 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 109,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 109,000 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