Country size comparison

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Ecuador is about 1.2 times bigger than Laos.

Laos is approximately 236,800 sq km, while Ecuador is approximately 283,561 sq km, making Ecuador 20% larger than Laos. Meanwhile, the population of Laos is ~7.7 million people (9.5 million more people live in Ecuador).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Laos vs. Ecuador uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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