Romania is 1.04× the size of Laos

Romania covers about 236,000 km² (91,300 mi²) and Laos about 228,000 km² (88,100 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

236,000km²Romania
228,000km²Laos

200 km

Romania
Laos

What fits

Laos is 97% of the size of Romania.
Romania is larger by 8,260 km² (3,190 mi²), which is 3.6% of the area of Laos.
Measured in Belgiums: Romania is about 7.71, Laos about 7.44.

How they differ

Romania also has the larger population: 19.1 million against 6.9 million, 2.78× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 81 in Romania against 30 in Laos: Romania is 2.68× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 7,690 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Romania at 46°N is drawn about 2.1× too large and Laos at 18°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Romania as 1.92× the size of Laos instead of 1.04×.
Together Romania and Laos cover 464,000 km², close to the size of Cameroon (464,000 km², 0.0% smaller).
The gap between them, 8,260 km², is about the size of Lebanon (10,000 km²).
At Laos's density, Romania would have 7.1 million people (it has 19.1 million). At Romania's density, Laos would have 18.4 million (it has 6.9 million).
Romania's centre is 27.4° of latitude, about 3,040 km, farther north than Laos's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Romania	1.04×
More people	Romania	2.78×
More crowded	Romania	2.68×
Farther north	Romania	27.4° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Romania	2.1× against 1.1×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Romania	Laos
Belgium 30,700 km²	7.71×	7.44×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	0.97×	0.94×
Germany 358,000 km²	0.66×	0.64×
Japan 374,000 km²	0.63×	0.61×
France 548,000 km²	0.43×	0.42×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.08×	0.07×
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	0.03×	0.03×
United States 9,447,000 km²	0.03×	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

	Romania	Laos
Area, main territory	236,000 km²91,300 mi²	228,000 km²88,100 mi²
Population	19.1 millionWikidata, 2022	6.9 millionWikidata, 2017
Density	81 per km²	30 per km²
Official area	238,000 km²Wikidata	237,000 km²Wikidata
Capital	Bucharest	Vientiane
Latitude range	44°N to 48°N	14°N to 22°N
Continent	Europe	Asia

Population: Wikidata 2022 and Wikidata 2017, covering each whole country. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 238,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 236,000 km², to within 2%.
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.

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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

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