Country size comparison

compared to

Colorado is around the same size as Laos.

Laos is approximately 236,800 sq km, while Colorado is approximately 268,627 sq km, making Colorado 13% larger than Laos. Meanwhile, the population of Laos is ~7.7 million people (2.7 million fewer people live in Colorado).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Laos vs. Colorado uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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