Country size comparison

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Gambia is about 21 times smaller than Laos.

Laos is approximately 236,800 sq km, while Gambia is approximately 11,300 sq km, making Gambia 4.77% the size of Laos. Meanwhile, the population of Laos is ~7.7 million people (5.3 million fewer people live in Gambia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Laos vs. Gambia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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