Country size comparison
compared to
New Zealand is around the same size as Laos.
Laos is approximately 236,800 sq km, while New Zealand is approximately 268,838 sq km, making New Zealand 14% larger than Laos. Meanwhile, the population of Laos is ~7.7 million people (2.7 million fewer people live in New Zealand).
This to-scale comparison of
Laos
vs.
New Zealand
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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