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

Laos is 21 times bigger by total area compared to the Gambia: 91,429 sq mi vs 4,363 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Laos is 89,112 sq mi vs 3,907 sq mi for the Gambia — a 22.8 times difference in territory size.

The Gambia ranks 160/197 by total surface area vs 82/197 for Laos.
The Gambia occupies 0.007% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.15% for Laos.
62.6% of the Gambia's area is agricultural land vs 9.91% in Laos.
The Gambia has 0.01% of the world's agricultural land area — Laos has 0.05%.
22.3% of the Gambia is covered by forests, compared to 71.5% in Laos.
0.006% of the world's forests are in the Gambia, and 0.41% are in Laos.

True size map comparison: Gambia vs Laos

See how the Gambia 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

	Gambia	Laos
Total area	4,363 sq mi	91,429 sq mi
Size difference ratio	1	21
Total area rank	160/197	82/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.002%	0.05%
Land area	3,907 sq mi	89,112 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	1	22.8
Land area rank	161/197	79/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.007%	0.15%
Population	2,759,988	7,769,819
Population density	739 ppl/mi²	89.5 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Gambia	Laos
Forest area	871 sq mi	63,676 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	22.3%	71.5%
Forest area rank	153/196	41/196
World's forests share	0.006%	0.41%
Agricultural land area	2,448 sq mi	8,831 sq mi
Agricultural land share	62.6%	9.91%
Agricultural land area rank	146/194	113/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.01%	0.05%
Arable land	1,699 sq mi	4,726 sq mi
Arable land share	43.5%	5.3%
Arable land area rank	127/191	100/191
Permanent cropland	27 sq mi	1,491 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	0.69%	1.67%
Permanent cropland area rank	155/192	60/192
Water area	456 sq mi	2,317 sq mi
Water as share of total area	10.4%	2.53%
Water area rank	106/197	61/197
Roads length	1,850 mi	24,598 mi
Land borders length	465 mi	3,277 mi
Coastline length	49.7 mi	0 mi
Share of marine protected waters	0.6%	n/a

Gambia 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 the Gambia 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.