Country size comparison

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Laos is about 8 times bigger than Belgium.

Belgium is approximately 30,528 sq km, while Laos is approximately 236,800 sq km, making Laos 676% larger than Belgium. Meanwhile, the population of Belgium is ~11.8 million people (4.1 million fewer people live in Laos).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Belgium vs. Laos uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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