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

Laos is 13.6 times bigger by total area compared to Eswatini: 91,429 sq mi vs 6,704 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Laos is 89,112 sq mi vs 6,641 sq mi for Eswatini — a 13.4 times difference in territory size.

Eswatini ranks 154/197 by total surface area vs 82/197 for Laos.
Eswatini occupies 0.01% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.15% for Laos.
69.5% of Eswatini's area is agricultural land vs 9.91% in Laos.
Eswatini has 0.03% of the world's agricultural land area — Laos has 0.05%.
29.1% of Eswatini is covered by forests, compared to 71.5% in Laos.
0.01% of the world's forests are in Eswatini, and 0.41% are in Laos.

True size map comparison: Eswatini vs Laos

See how Eswatini 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

	Eswatini	Laos
Total area	6,704 sq mi	91,429 sq mi
Size difference ratio	1	13.6
Total area rank	154/197	82/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.003%	0.05%
Land area	6,641 sq mi	89,112 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	1	13.4
Land area rank	154/197	79/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.01%	0.15%
Population	1,242,822	7,769,819
Population density	191.2 ppl/mi²	89.5 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Eswatini	Laos
Forest area	1,935 sq mi	63,676 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	29.1%	71.5%
Forest area rank	140/196	41/196
World's forests share	0.01%	0.41%
Agricultural land area	4,614 sq mi	8,831 sq mi
Agricultural land share	69.5%	9.91%
Agricultural land area rank	136/194	113/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.03%	0.05%
Arable land	683 sq mi	4,726 sq mi
Arable land share	10.3%	5.3%
Arable land area rank	141/191	100/191
Permanent cropland	69.5 sq mi	1,491 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	1.05%	1.67%
Permanent cropland area rank	147/192	60/192
Water area	63.3 sq mi	2,317 sq mi
Water as share of total area	0.94%	2.53%
Water area rank	132/197	61/197
Roads length	2,342 mi	24,598 mi
Land borders length	339 mi	3,277 mi
Coastline length	0 mi	0 mi

Eswatini 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 Eswatini 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.