Country size comparison

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Laos is about 2.3 times smaller than France.

France is approximately 551,500 sq km, while Laos is approximately 236,800 sq km, making Laos 42.94% the size of France. Meanwhile, the population of France is ~68.3 million people (60.6 million fewer people live in Laos).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of France vs. Laos uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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Moving from Laos to France · OECD 2023
136 people moved from Laos to France.
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