Country size comparison

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Laos is about 2 times bigger than Eritrea.

Eritrea is approximately 117,600 sq km, while Laos is approximately 236,800 sq km, making Laos 101% larger than Eritrea. Meanwhile, the population of Eritrea is ~6.2 million people (1.5 million more people live in Laos).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Eritrea vs. Laos uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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