Country size comparison

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Laos is about 1.4 times smaller than Malaysia.

Malaysia is approximately 329,847 sq km, while Laos is approximately 236,800 sq km, making Laos 71.79% the size of Malaysia. Meanwhile, the population of Malaysia is ~33.9 million people (26.1 million fewer people live in Laos).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Malaysia vs. Laos uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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