Country size comparison

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Ireland is about 3.4 times smaller than Laos.

Laos is approximately 236,800 sq km, while Ireland is approximately 70,273 sq km, making Ireland 29.68% the size of Laos. Meanwhile, the population of Laos is ~7.7 million people (2.5 million fewer people live in Ireland).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Laos vs. Ireland uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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