Country size comparison
compared to
Laos is about 1.9 times bigger than North Carolina.
North Carolina is approximately 126,161 sq km, while Laos is approximately 236,800 sq km, making Laos 88% larger than North Carolina. Meanwhile, the population of North Carolina is ~9.5 million people (1.8 million fewer people live in Laos).
This to-scale comparison of
North Carolina
vs.
Laos
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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