Country size comparison

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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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