Country size comparison
compared to
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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