Country size comparison

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Detroit is about 659 times smaller than Laos.

Laos is approximately 236,800 sq km, while Detroit is approximately 359 sq km, making Detroit 0.15% the size of Laos.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Laos vs. Detroit uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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