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

Laos is 4.17 times bigger by total area compared to Togo: 91,429 sq mi vs 21,925 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Laos is 89,112 sq mi vs 21,000 sq mi for Togo — a 4.24 times difference in territory size.

Laos ranks 82/197 by total surface area vs 123/197 for Togo.
Laos occupies 0.15% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.04% for Togo.
9.91% of Laos' area is agricultural land vs 70.2% in Togo.
Laos has 0.05% of the world's agricultural land area — Togo has 0.08%.
71.5% of Laos is covered by forests, compared to 22.1% in Togo.
0.41% of the world's forests are in Laos, and 0.03% are in Togo.

True size map comparison: Laos vs Togo

See how Laos and Togo 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

	Laos	Togo
Total area	91,429 sq mi	21,925 sq mi
Size difference ratio	4.17	1
Total area rank	82/197	123/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.05%	0.01%
Land area	89,112 sq mi	21,000 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	4.24	1
Land area rank	79/197	124/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.15%	0.04%
Population	7,769,819	9,515,236
Population density	89.5 ppl/mi²	473 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Laos	Togo
Forest area	63,676 sq mi	4,635 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	71.5%	22.1%
Forest area rank	41/196	120/196
World's forests share	0.41%	0.03%
Agricultural land area	8,831 sq mi	14,749 sq mi
Agricultural land share	9.91%	70.2%
Agricultural land area rank	113/194	98/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.05%	0.08%
Arable land	4,726 sq mi	10,232 sq mi
Arable land share	5.3%	48.7%
Arable land area rank	100/191	70/191
Permanent cropland	1,491 sq mi	656 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	1.67%	3.13%
Permanent cropland area rank	60/192	89/192
Water area	2,317 sq mi	925 sq mi
Water as share of total area	2.53%	4.22%
Water area rank	61/197	88/197
Roads length	24,598 mi	7,291 mi
Land borders length	3,277 mi	1,168 mi
Coastline length	0 mi	34.8 mi
Share of marine protected waters	n/a	0.7%

Laos vs Togo size on the map

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

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