Country size comparison

compared to

Idaho is around the same size as Laos.

Laos is approximately 236,800 sq km, while Idaho is approximately 214,314 sq km, making Idaho 90.5% the size of Laos. Meanwhile, the population of Laos is ~7.7 million people (6.2 million fewer people live in Idaho).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Laos vs. Idaho uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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