Country size comparison

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Afghanistan is about 2.8 times bigger than Laos.

Laos is approximately 236,800 sq km, while Afghanistan is approximately 652,230 sq km, making Afghanistan 175% larger than Laos. Meanwhile, the population of Laos is ~7.7 million people (30.6 million more people live in Afghanistan).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Laos vs. Afghanistan uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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