Country size comparison

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Laos is around the same size as Kansas.

Kansas is approximately 211,900 sq km, while Laos is approximately 236,800 sq km, making Laos 12% larger than Kansas. Meanwhile, the population of Kansas is ~2.9 million people (4.9 million more people live in Laos).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Kansas vs. Laos uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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