Country size comparison

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Laos is about 1.6 times bigger than Nepal.

Nepal is approximately 147,181 sq km, while Laos is approximately 236,800 sq km, making Laos 61% larger than Nepal. Meanwhile, the population of Nepal is ~30.7 million people (22.9 million fewer people live in Laos).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Nepal vs. Laos uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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