Country size comparison

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Laos is about 6 times bigger than Bhutan.

Bhutan is approximately 38,394 sq km, while Laos is approximately 236,800 sq km, making Laos 517% larger than Bhutan. Meanwhile, the population of Bhutan is ~867,775 people (6.9 million more people live in Laos).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Bhutan vs. Laos uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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