Country size comparison

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Laos is about 1.2 times smaller than Ecuador.

Ecuador is approximately 283,561 sq km, while Laos is approximately 236,800 sq km, making Laos 83.51% the size of Ecuador. Meanwhile, the population of Ecuador is ~17.3 million people (9.5 million fewer people live in Laos).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Ecuador vs. Laos uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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