Country size comparison

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Ethiopia is about 4.7 times bigger than Laos.

Laos is approximately 236,800 sq km, while Ethiopia is approximately 1,104,300 sq km, making Ethiopia 366% larger than Laos. Meanwhile, the population of Laos is ~7.9 million people (127.6 million more people live in Ethiopia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Laos vs. Ethiopia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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