Country size comparison

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Laos is about 1.6 times bigger than Bangladesh.

Bangladesh is approximately 148,460 sq km, while Laos is approximately 236,800 sq km, making Laos 60% larger than Bangladesh. Meanwhile, the population of Bangladesh is ~165.7 million people (157.9 million fewer people live in Laos).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Bangladesh vs. Laos uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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