Uganda is 1.06× the size of Laos
Uganda covers about 242,000 km² (93,400 mi²) and Laos about 228,000 km² (88,100 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 242,000km²Uganda
- 228,000km²Laos
200 km
- Uganda
- Laos
What fits
- Laos is 94% of the size of Uganda.
- Uganda is larger by 13,700 km² (5,300 mi²), which is 6.0% of the area of Laos.
- Measured in Belgiums: Uganda is about 7.89, Laos about 7.44.
How they differ
- Uganda also has the larger population: 47.1 million against 6.9 million, 6.87× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 195 in Uganda against 30 in Laos: Uganda is 6.48× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 8,000 km apart.
- On a standard web map Laos looks larger than Uganda: Uganda at 1°N is drawn about 1.0× too large and Laos at 18°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Laos as 1.05× the size of Uganda, when Uganda is 1.06× the size of Laos.
- Together Uganda and Laos cover 470,000 km², close to the size of Turkmenistan (471,000 km², 0.2% bigger).
- The gap between them, 13,700 km², is about the size of Montenegro (13,700 km²).
- At Laos's density, Uganda would have 7.3 million people (it has 47.1 million). At Uganda's density, Laos would have 44.4 million (it has 6.9 million).
- Laos's centre is 17.2° of latitude, about 1,910 km, farther north than Uganda's.
Who wins on what
| Measure | Winner | By |
|---|---|---|
| Larger area | Uganda | 1.06× |
| More people | Uganda | 6.87× |
| More crowded | Uganda | 6.48× |
| Farther north | Laos | 17.2° of latitude |
| Stretched more on a web map | Laos | 1.1× against 1.0× |
Both against the same yardsticks
| Yardstick | Uganda | Laos |
|---|---|---|
| Belgium 30,700 km² | 7.89× | 7.44× |
| United Kingdom 244,000 km² | 0.99× | 0.94× |
| Germany 358,000 km² | 0.68× | 0.64× |
| Japan 374,000 km² | 0.65× | 0.61× |
| France 548,000 km² | 0.44× | 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
| Uganda | Laos | |
|---|---|---|
| Area, main territory | 242,000 km²93,400 mi² | 228,000 km²88,100 mi² |
| Population | 47.1 millionWikidata, 2021 | 6.9 millionWikidata, 2017 |
| Density | 195 per km² | 30 per km² |
| Official area | 241,000 km²Wikidata | 237,000 km²Wikidata |
| Capital | Kampala | Vientiane |
| Latitude range | 1°S to 4°N | 14°N to 22°N |
| Continent | Africa | Asia |
Population: Wikidata 2021 and Wikidata 2017, covering each whole country. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 241,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 242,000 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