Country size comparison

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Laos is about 7 times smaller than Libya.

Libya is approximately 1,759,540 sq km, while Laos is approximately 236,800 sq km, making Laos 13.46% the size of Libya. Meanwhile, the population of Libya is ~7.1 million people (611,664 more people live in Laos).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Libya vs. Laos uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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