Country size comparison

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Laos is about 2.2 times bigger than Guatemala.

Guatemala is approximately 108,889 sq km, while Laos is approximately 236,800 sq km, making Laos 117% larger than Guatemala. Meanwhile, the population of Guatemala is ~17.7 million people (10.0 million fewer people live in Laos).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Guatemala vs. Laos uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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