Country size comparison
compared to
Laos is about 5 times smaller than Niger.
Niger is approximately 1,267,000 sq km, while Laos is approximately 236,800 sq km, making Laos 18.69% the size of Niger. Meanwhile, the population of Niger is ~24.5 million people (16.7 million fewer people live in Laos).
This to-scale comparison of
Niger
vs.
Laos
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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