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

Laos is 13 times bigger by total area compared to Fiji: 91,429 sq mi vs 7,056 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Laos is 89,112 sq mi vs 7,054 sq mi for Fiji — a 12.6 times difference in territory size.

Fiji ranks 152/197 by total surface area vs 82/197 for Laos.
Fiji occupies 0.01% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.15% for Laos.
17.1% of Fiji's area is agricultural land vs 9.91% in Laos.
Fiji has 0.007% of the world's agricultural land area — Laos has 0.05%.
63.5% of Fiji is covered by forests, compared to 71.5% in Laos.
0.03% of the world's forests are in Fiji, and 0.41% are in Laos.

True size map comparison: Fiji vs Laos

See how Fiji 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

	Fiji	Laos
Total area	7,056 sq mi	91,429 sq mi
Size difference ratio	1	13
Total area rank	152/197	82/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.004%	0.05%
Land area	7,054 sq mi	89,112 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	1	12.6
Land area rank	152/197	79/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.01%	0.15%
Population	928,784	7,769,819
Population density	132.9 ppl/mi²	89.5 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Fiji	Laos
Forest area	4,479 sq mi	63,676 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	63.5%	71.5%
Forest area rank	122/196	41/196
World's forests share	0.03%	0.41%
Agricultural land area	1,203 sq mi	8,831 sq mi
Agricultural land share	17.1%	9.91%
Agricultural land area rank	154/194	113/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.007%	0.05%
Arable land	296.5 sq mi	4,726 sq mi
Arable land share	4.2%	5.3%
Arable land area rank	152/191	100/191
Permanent cropland	238.6 sq mi	1,491 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	3.38%	1.67%
Permanent cropland area rank	119/192	60/192
Water area	1.54 sq mi	2,317 sq mi
Water as share of total area	0.02%	2.53%
Water area rank	154/197	61/197
Roads length	2,138 mi	24,598 mi
Land borders length	0 mi	3,277 mi
Coastline length	702 mi	0 mi
Share of marine protected waters	0.9%	n/a

Fiji vs Laos size on the map

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

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