Country size comparison
compared to
Laos is about 1.4 times smaller than Republic of the Congo.
Republic of the Congo is approximately 342,000 sq km, while Laos is approximately 236,800 sq km, making Laos 69.24% the size of Republic of the Congo. Meanwhile, the population of Republic of the Congo is ~5.5 million people (2.2 million more people live in Laos).
This to-scale comparison of
Republic of the Congo
vs.
Laos
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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