Country size comparison

compared to

Italy is about 1.3 times bigger than Laos.

Laos is approximately 236,800 sq km, while Italy is approximately 301,340 sq km, making Italy 27% larger than Laos. Meanwhile, the population of Laos is ~7.7 million people (53.3 million more people live in Italy).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Laos vs. Italy uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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