Country size comparison

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Laos is about 2.5 times smaller than Kenya.

Kenya is approximately 580,367 sq km, while Laos is approximately 236,800 sq km, making Laos 40.8% the size of Kenya. Meanwhile, the population of Kenya is ~55.9 million people (48.1 million fewer people live in Laos).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Kenya vs. Laos uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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