Country size comparison

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Laos is about 7 times smaller than Iran.

Iran is approximately 1,648,195 sq km, while Laos is approximately 236,800 sq km, making Laos 14.37% the size of Iran. Meanwhile, the population of Iran is ~86.8 million people (79.0 million fewer people live in Laos).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Iran vs. Laos uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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