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

Laos is 41.1 times bigger by total area compared to Brunei: 91,429 sq mi vs 2,226 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Laos is 89,112 sq mi vs 2,035 sq mi for Brunei — a 43.8 times difference in territory size.

Brunei ranks 165/197 by total surface area vs 82/197 for Laos.
Brunei occupies 0.004% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.15% for Laos.
2.54% of Brunei's area is agricultural land vs 9.91% in Laos.
Brunei has 0.0003% of the world's agricultural land area — Laos has 0.05%.
72.1% of Brunei is covered by forests, compared to 71.5% in Laos.
0.009% of the world's forests are in Brunei, and 0.41% are in Laos.

True size map comparison: Brunei vs Laos

See how Brunei 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

	Brunei	Laos
Total area	2,226 sq mi	91,429 sq mi
Size difference ratio	1	41.1
Total area rank	165/197	82/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.001%	0.05%
Land area	2,035 sq mi	89,112 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	1	43.8
Land area rank	165/197	79/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.004%	0.15%
Population	462,721	7,769,819
Population density	231 ppl/mi²	89.5 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Brunei	Laos
Forest area	1,467 sq mi	63,676 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	72.1%	71.5%
Forest area rank	144/196	41/196
World's forests share	0.009%	0.41%
Agricultural land area	51.7 sq mi	8,831 sq mi
Agricultural land share	2.54%	9.91%
Agricultural land area rank	175/194	113/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.0003%	0.05%
Arable land	15.4 sq mi	4,726 sq mi
Arable land share	0.76%	5.3%
Arable land area rank	175/191	100/191
Permanent cropland	23.2 sq mi	1,491 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	1.14%	1.67%
Permanent cropland area rank	159/192	60/192
Water area	191.2 sq mi	2,317 sq mi
Water as share of total area	8.59%	2.53%
Water area rank	117/197	61/197
Roads length	1,849 mi	24,598 mi
Land borders length	165.3 mi	3,277 mi
Coastline length	100 mi	0 mi
Share of marine protected waters	0%	n/a

Brunei vs Laos size on the map

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

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