Country size comparison

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Laos is about 1.8 times bigger than Alabama.

Alabama is approximately 131,426 sq km, while Laos is approximately 236,800 sq km, making Laos 80% larger than Alabama. Meanwhile, the population of Alabama is ~4.8 million people (3.0 million more people live in Laos).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Alabama vs. Laos uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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