Country size comparison

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Laos is around the same size as Gabon.

Gabon is approximately 267,667 sq km, while Laos is approximately 236,800 sq km, making Laos 88.47% the size of Gabon. Meanwhile, the population of Gabon is ~2.3 million people (5.4 million more people live in Laos).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Gabon vs. Laos uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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