Country size comparison
compared to
Laos is about 1.8 times bigger than Nicaragua.
Nicaragua is approximately 130,370 sq km,
while Laos is approximately 236,800 sq km, making
Laos 82% larger than Nicaragua.
Meanwhile, the population of Nicaragua is ~6.3 million people
(1.4 million more people live in Laos).
This to-scale comparison of
Nicaragua
vs.
Laos
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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