Country size comparison

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Laos is about 2.5 times smaller than Botswana.

Botswana is approximately 581,730 sq km, while Laos is approximately 236,800 sq km, making Laos 40.71% the size of Botswana. Meanwhile, the population of Botswana is ~2.6 million people (5.3 million more people live in Laos).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Botswana vs. Laos uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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