Country size comparison
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Laos is about 4.3 times smaller than Mauritania.
Mauritania is approximately 1,030,700 sq km, while Laos is approximately 236,800 sq km, making Laos 22.97% the size of Mauritania. Meanwhile, the population of Mauritania is ~4.2 million people (3.6 million more people live in Laos).
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