Country size comparison

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Laos is about 6 times bigger than Netherlands.

Netherlands is approximately 41,543 sq km, while Laos is approximately 236,800 sq km, making Laos 470% larger than Netherlands. Meanwhile, the population of Netherlands is ~17.4 million people (9.7 million fewer people live in Laos).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Netherlands vs. Laos uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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