Country size comparison

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United Kingdom is around the same size as Laos.

Laos is approximately 236,800 sq km, while United Kingdom is approximately 243,610 sq km, making United Kingdom 3% larger than Laos. Meanwhile, the population of Laos is ~7.7 million people (60.0 million more people live in United Kingdom).
This to-scale comparison of Laos vs. United Kingdom uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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