Country size comparison

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Laos is about 5 times smaller than Niger.

Niger is approximately 1,267,000 sq km, while Laos is approximately 236,800 sq km, making Laos 18.69% the size of Niger. Meanwhile, the population of Niger is ~27.9 million people (20.0 million fewer people live in Laos).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Niger vs. Laos uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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