Country size comparison

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France is about 2.3 times bigger than Laos.

Laos is approximately 236,800 sq km, while France is approximately 551,500 sq km, making France 133% larger than Laos. Meanwhile, the population of Laos is ~7.7 million people (60.6 million more people live in France).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Laos vs. France uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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