Country size comparison

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Finland is about 1.4 times bigger than Laos.

Laos is approximately 236,800 sq km, while Finland is approximately 338,145 sq km, making Finland 43% larger than Laos. Meanwhile, the population of Laos is ~7.7 million people (2.1 million fewer people live in Finland).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Laos vs. Finland uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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