Country size comparison

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Laos is about 2 times bigger than Malawi.

Malawi is approximately 118,484 sq km, while Laos is approximately 236,800 sq km, making Laos 100% larger than Malawi. Meanwhile, the population of Malawi is ~20.8 million people (13.0 million fewer people live in Laos).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Malawi vs. Laos uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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