Country size comparison

compared to

British Indian Ocean Territory is about 3,947 times smaller than Laos.

Laos is approximately 236,800 sq km, while British Indian Ocean Territory is approximately 60 sq km, making British Indian Ocean Territory 0.03% the size of Laos. Meanwhile, the population of Laos is ~7.9 million people (7.9 million fewer people live in British Indian Ocean Territory).

Tip: This to-scale comparison of Laos vs. British Indian Ocean Territory uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.