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

Laos is 1.14 times bigger by total area compared to Belarus: 91,429 sq mi vs 80,154 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Laos is 89,112 sq mi vs 78,372 sq mi for Belarus — a 1.14 times difference in territory size.

Belarus ranks 84/197 by total surface area vs 82/197 for Laos.
Belarus occupies 0.14% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.15% for Laos.
39.6% of Belarus' area is agricultural land vs 9.91% in Laos.
Belarus has 0.17% of the world's agricultural land area — Laos has 0.05%.
43.4% of Belarus is covered by forests, compared to 71.5% in Laos.
0.22% of the world's forests are in Belarus, and 0.41% are in Laos.

True size map comparison: Belarus vs Laos

See how Belarus 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

	Belarus	Laos
Total area	80,154 sq mi	91,429 sq mi
Size difference ratio	1	1.14
Total area rank	84/197	82/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.04%	0.05%
Land area	78,372 sq mi	89,112 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	1	1.14
Land area rank	83/197	79/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.14%	0.15%
Population	9,132,629	7,769,819
Population density	115 ppl/mi²	89.5 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Belarus	Laos
Forest area	34,020 sq mi	63,676 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	43.4%	71.5%
Forest area rank	57/196	41/196
World's forests share	0.22%	0.41%
Agricultural land area	31,019 sq mi	8,831 sq mi
Agricultural land share	39.6%	9.91%
Agricultural land area rank	78/194	113/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.17%	0.05%
Arable land	21,497 sq mi	4,726 sq mi
Arable land share	27.4%	5.3%
Arable land area rank	45/191	100/191
Permanent cropland	330 sq mi	1,491 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	0.42%	1.67%
Permanent cropland area rank	105/192	60/192
Water area	1,781 sq mi	2,317 sq mi
Water as share of total area	2.22%	2.53%
Water area rank	66/197	61/197
Roads length	n/a	24,598 mi
Land borders length	2,236 mi	3,277 mi
Coastline length	0 mi	0 mi

Belarus vs Laos size on the map

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

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