Country size comparison

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Laos is around the same size as United Kingdom.

United Kingdom is approximately 243,610 sq km, while Laos is approximately 236,800 sq km, making Laos 97.2% the size of United Kingdom. Meanwhile, the population of United Kingdom is ~67.8 million people (60.0 million fewer people live in Laos).
This to-scale comparison of United Kingdom vs. Laos uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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