Country size comparison

compared to

Chicago is about 401 times smaller than Laos.

Laos is approximately 236,800 sq km, while Chicago is approximately 590 sq km, making Chicago 0.25% the size of Laos.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Laos vs. Chicago uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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