Country size comparison

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Japan is about 1.6 times bigger than Laos.

Laos is approximately 236,800 sq km, while Japan is approximately 377,915 sq km, making Japan 60% larger than Laos. Meanwhile, the population of Laos is ~7.7 million people (116.5 million more people live in Japan).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Laos vs. Japan uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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