Country size comparison

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Central African Republic is about 2.6 times bigger than Laos.

Laos is approximately 236,800 sq km, while Central African Republic is approximately 622,984 sq km, making Central African Republic 163% larger than Laos. Meanwhile, the population of Laos is ~7.7 million people (2.3 million fewer people live in Central African Republic).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Laos vs. Central African Republic uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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