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

Laos is 10.3 times bigger by total area compared to Belize: 91,429 sq mi vs 8,867 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Laos is 89,112 sq mi vs 8,807 sq mi for Belize — a 10.1 times difference in territory size.

Belize ranks 148/197 by total surface area vs 82/197 for Laos.
Belize occupies 0.02% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.15% for Laos.
7.98% of Belize's area is agricultural land vs 9.91% in Laos.
Belize has 0.004% of the world's agricultural land area — Laos has 0.05%.
54.5% of Belize is covered by forests, compared to 71.5% in Laos.
0.03% of the world's forests are in Belize, and 0.41% are in Laos.

True size map comparison: Belize vs Laos

See how Belize 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

	Belize	Laos
Total area	8,867 sq mi	91,429 sq mi
Size difference ratio	1	10.3
Total area rank	148/197	82/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.005%	0.05%
Land area	8,807 sq mi	89,112 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	1	10.1
Land area rank	148/197	79/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.02%	0.15%
Population	417,072	7,769,819
Population density	48.7 ppl/mi²	89.5 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Belize	Laos
Forest area	4,801 sq mi	63,676 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	54.5%	71.5%
Forest area rank	117/196	41/196
World's forests share	0.03%	0.41%
Agricultural land area	703 sq mi	8,831 sq mi
Agricultural land share	7.98%	9.91%
Agricultural land area rank	157/194	113/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.004%	0.05%
Arable land	386 sq mi	4,726 sq mi
Arable land share	4.38%	5.3%
Arable land area rank	147/191	100/191
Permanent cropland	123.6 sq mi	1,491 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	1.4%	1.67%
Permanent cropland area rank	138/192	60/192
Water area	60.2 sq mi	2,317 sq mi
Water as share of total area	0.68%	2.53%
Water area rank	134/197	61/197
Roads length	2,039 mi	24,598 mi
Land borders length	337 mi	3,277 mi
Coastline length	239.8 mi	0 mi
Share of marine protected waters	20.4%	n/a

Belize vs Laos size on the map

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

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