Laos and Victoria are almost exactly the same size
Laos (Asia) covers about 228,000 km² (88,100 mi²) and Victoria (state of Australia) about 228,000 km² (88,000 mi²). Their outlines are laid over each other below at one scale.
- 228,000km²Laos
- 228,000km²Victoria
200 km
- Laos
- Victoria
What fits
- Victoria is 100% of the size of Laos.
- The measured areas differ by 169 km², less than half a percent: closer than the measurement itself is certain.
- Measured in Belgiums: Laos is about 7.44, Victoria about 7.43.
How they differ
- Laos is larger, but Victoria has the larger population: 7.0 million against 6.9 million, 1.02× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 31 in Victoria against 30 in Laos: Victoria is 1.02× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 7,480 km apart.
- On a standard web map Victoria looks larger than Laos: Laos at 18°N is drawn about 1.1× too large and Victoria at 37°S about 1.6×, so the map shows Victoria as 1.40× the size of Laos, when Laos is 1.00× the size of Victoria.
- Together Laos and Victoria cover 456,000 km², close to the size of Yemen (453,000 km², 0.7% smaller).
- At Victoria's density, Laos would have 7.0 million people (it has 6.9 million). At Laos's density, Victoria would have 6.9 million (it has 7.0 million).
- Laos's centre is 55.4° of latitude, about 6,160 km, farther north than Victoria's.
- Laos ranks 84th of 246 countries and territories by area.
- Victoria is the 6th largest of the 8 states and territories of Australia and covers 3.0% of its area; it is the 2nd most densely populated of them.
- Laos lies about 55° of latitude (roughly 6,160 km) north of Victoria, on the other side of the equator.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Laos would have about 33,260 m² and each person in Victoria about 32,510 m².
- Laid side by side, Laos and Victoria would cover 456,000 km², about the same size as Yemen.
- Together they have 13.9 million people, about as many people as Burundi.
- Counted as a country, Victoria would rank 84th by area and 106th by population.
Side by side
| Laos | Victoria | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | CountryAsia | StateAustralia |
| Area, measured | 228,000 km²88,100 mi² | 228,000 km²88,000 mi² |
| Official area | 237,000 km²Wikidata | 227,000 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 83rd of 239worldwide | 6th of 8in Australia |
| Population | 6.9 millionWikidata, 2017 | 7.0 millionWikidata, 2024 |
| Rank by population | 106th of 237worldwide | 2nd of 8in Australia |
| Density | 30 per km² | 31 per km² |
| Capital | Vientiane | Melbourne |
| Latitude range | 14°N to 22°N | 39°S to 34°S |
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 227,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 228,000 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