Country size comparison
compared to
Laos is about 12 times bigger than New Jersey.
New Jersey is approximately 19,211 sq km, while Laos is approximately 236,800 sq km, making Laos 1,133% larger than New Jersey. Meanwhile, the population of New Jersey is ~8.8 million people (1.0 million fewer people live in Laos).
This to-scale comparison of
New Jersey
vs.
Laos
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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