Country size comparison

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Laos is about 1.9 times bigger than New York.

New York is approximately 122,283 sq km, while Laos is approximately 236,800 sq km, making Laos 94% larger than New York. Meanwhile, the population of New York is ~19.4 million people (11.6 million fewer people live in Laos).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of New York vs. Laos uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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