Country size comparison

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Laos is about 1.3 times bigger than Missouri.

Missouri is approximately 178,414 sq km, while Laos is approximately 236,800 sq km, making Laos 33% larger than Missouri. Meanwhile, the population of Missouri is ~6.0 million people (1.8 million more people live in Laos).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Missouri vs. Laos uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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