Country size comparison

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Laos is about 1.3 times smaller than Italy.

Italy is approximately 301,340 sq km, while Laos is approximately 236,800 sq km, making Laos 78.58% the size of Italy. Meanwhile, the population of Italy is ~61.1 million people (53.3 million fewer people live in Laos).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Italy vs. Laos uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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