Total & land area: Bangladesh vs Laos size comparison [2026]

Laos is 1.6 times bigger by total area compared to Bangladesh: 91,429 sq mi vs 56,977 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Laos is 89,112 sq mi vs 50,186 sq mi for Bangladesh — a 1.78 times difference in territory size.

Bangladesh ranks 92/197 by total surface area vs 82/197 for Laos.
Bangladesh occupies 0.09% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.15% for Laos.
72.3% of Bangladesh's area is agricultural land vs 9.91% in Laos.
Bangladesh has 0.2% of the world's agricultural land area — Laos has 0.05%.
14.5% of Bangladesh is covered by forests, compared to 71.5% in Laos.
0.05% of the world's forests are in Bangladesh, and 0.41% are in Laos.

True size map comparison: Bangladesh vs Laos

See how Bangladesh and Laos compare in true size on the map. Drag the outlines to different latitudes to see how the Mercator projection affects their apparent size.

Total size and land area comparison

	Bangladesh	Laos
Total area	56,977 sq mi	91,429 sq mi
Size difference ratio	1	1.6
Total area rank	92/197	82/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.03%	0.05%
Land area	50,186 sq mi	89,112 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	1	1.78
Land area rank	94/197	79/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.09%	0.15%
Population	173,562,364	7,769,819
Population density	3,544 ppl/mi²	89.5 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Bangladesh	Laos
Forest area	7,272 sq mi	63,676 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	14.5%	71.5%
Forest area rank	114/196	41/196
World's forests share	0.05%	0.41%
Agricultural land area	36,290 sq mi	8,831 sq mi
Agricultural land share	72.3%	9.91%
Agricultural land area rank	76/194	113/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.2%	0.05%
Arable land	30,426 sq mi	4,726 sq mi
Arable land share	60.6%	5.3%
Arable land area rank	32/191	100/191
Permanent cropland	3,547 sq mi	1,491 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	7.07%	1.67%
Permanent cropland area rank	39/192	60/192
Water area	6,792 sq mi	2,317 sq mi
Water as share of total area	11.9%	2.53%
Water area rank	30/197	61/197
Roads length	229,351 mi	24,598 mi
Land borders length	2,742 mi	3,277 mi
Coastline length	360 mi	0 mi
Share of marine protected waters	8%	n/a

Bangladesh vs Laos size on the map

Data sources: World Bank | Agriculture & Rural Development (2026, retrieved 2026-04-06).

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The map above outlines the borders of Bangladesh and Laos but is not accurate for size comparison because it's a 2d map with Mercator projection that distorts territories near the poles. The farther a country is from the equator, the more magnified it appears. More about country size projections.