Country size comparison
compared to
Laos is about 1.3 times bigger than Syria.
Syria is approximately 187,437 sq km, while Laos is approximately 236,800 sq km, making Laos 26% larger than Syria. Meanwhile, the population of Syria is ~21.6 million people (13.8 million fewer people live in Laos).
This to-scale comparison of
Syria
vs.
Laos
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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