Country size comparison
compared to
Central African Republic is about 2.6 times bigger than Laos.
Laos is approximately 236,800 sq km, while Central African Republic is approximately 622,984 sq km, making Central African Republic 163% larger than Laos. Meanwhile, the population of Laos is ~7.7 million people (2.3 million fewer people live in Central African Republic).
This to-scale comparison of
Laos
vs.
Central African Republic
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
Note: Try dragging the outline to reposition.
More size comparisons