Country size comparison

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Laos is about 3.4 times bigger than Ireland.

Ireland is approximately 70,273 sq km, while Laos is approximately 236,800 sq km, making Laos 237% larger than Ireland. Meanwhile, the population of Ireland is ~5.3 million people (2.5 million more people live in Laos).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Ireland vs. Laos uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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