Country size comparison
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Laos is about 1.7 times smaller than California.
California is approximately 403,882 sq km, while Laos is approximately 236,800 sq km, making Laos 58.63% the size of California. Meanwhile, the population of California is ~37.3 million people (29.5 million fewer people live in Laos).
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