Country size comparison

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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).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Nicaragua vs. Laos uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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