Country size comparison

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Laos is about 143 times bigger than Houston.

Houston is approximately 1,659 sq km, while Laos is approximately 236,800 sq km, making Laos 14,176% larger than Houston.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Houston vs. Laos uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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