Country size comparison
compared to
Republic of the Congo is about 1.4 times bigger than Laos.
Laos is approximately 236,800 sq km, while Republic of the Congo is approximately 342,000 sq km, making Republic of the Congo 44% larger than Laos. Meanwhile, the population of Laos is ~7.7 million people (2.2 million fewer people live in Republic of the Congo).
This to-scale comparison of
Laos
vs.
Republic of the Congo
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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