Country size comparison

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Laos is around the same size as Idaho.

Idaho is approximately 214,314 sq km, while Laos is approximately 236,800 sq km, making Laos 10% larger than Idaho. Meanwhile, the population of Idaho is ~1.6 million people (6.2 million more people live in Laos).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Idaho vs. Laos uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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