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

Laos is 1.31 times bigger by total area compared to Cambodia: 91,429 sq mi vs 69,898 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Laos is 89,112 sq mi vs 68,155 sq mi for Cambodia — a 1.31 times difference in territory size.

Cambodia ranks 88/197 by total surface area vs 82/197 for Laos.
Cambodia occupies 0.12% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.15% for Laos.
34.9% of Cambodia's area is agricultural land vs 9.91% in Laos.
Cambodia has 0.13% of the world's agricultural land area — Laos has 0.05%.
43.1% of Cambodia is covered by forests, compared to 71.5% in Laos.
0.19% of the world's forests are in Cambodia, and 0.41% are in Laos.

True size map comparison: Cambodia vs Laos

See how Cambodia 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

	Cambodia	Laos
Total area	69,898 sq mi	91,429 sq mi
Size difference ratio	1	1.31
Total area rank	88/197	82/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.04%	0.05%
Land area	68,155 sq mi	89,112 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	1	1.31
Land area rank	88/197	79/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.12%	0.15%
Population	17,638,801	7,769,819
Population density	265 ppl/mi²	89.5 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Cambodia	Laos
Forest area	29,349 sq mi	63,676 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	43.1%	71.5%
Forest area rank	60/196	41/196
World's forests share	0.19%	0.41%
Agricultural land area	23,762 sq mi	8,831 sq mi
Agricultural land share	34.9%	9.91%
Agricultural land area rank	81/194	113/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.13%	0.05%
Arable land	15,908 sq mi	4,726 sq mi
Arable land share	23.3%	5.3%
Arable land area rank	55/191	100/191
Permanent cropland	2,063 sq mi	1,491 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	3.03%	1.67%
Permanent cropland area rank	53/192	60/192
Water area	1,743 sq mi	2,317 sq mi
Water as share of total area	2.49%	2.53%
Water area rank	67/197	61/197
Roads length	34,175 mi	24,598 mi
Land borders length	1,572 mi	3,277 mi
Coastline length	275.3 mi	0 mi
Share of marine protected waters	1.5%	n/a

Cambodia 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 Cambodia 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.