Country size comparison
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California is about 1.7 times bigger than Laos.
Laos is approximately 236,800 sq km, while California is approximately 403,882 sq km, making California 71% larger than Laos. Meanwhile, the population of Laos is ~7.7 million people (29.5 million more people live in California).
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