Country size comparison

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Iceland is about 2.3 times smaller than Laos.

Laos is approximately 236,800 sq km, while Iceland is approximately 103,000 sq km, making Iceland 43.5% the size of Laos. Meanwhile, the population of Laos is ~7.7 million people (7.4 million fewer people live in Iceland).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Laos vs. Iceland uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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