Country size comparison

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Laos is about 1.6 times smaller than Japan.

Japan is approximately 377,915 sq km, while Laos is approximately 236,800 sq km, making Laos 62.66% the size of Japan. Meanwhile, the population of Japan is ~124.2 million people (116.5 million fewer people live in Laos).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Japan vs. Laos uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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