Country size comparison
Laos
compared to
Syria
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).
We have positioned the outline of Syria near the middle of Laos.
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Syria
vs.
Laos
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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