Country size comparison

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Laos is about 3.9 times smaller than Nigeria.

Nigeria is approximately 923,768 sq km, while Laos is approximately 236,800 sq km, making Laos 25.63% the size of Nigeria. Meanwhile, the population of Nigeria is ~225.1 million people (217.3 million fewer people live in Laos).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Nigeria vs. Laos uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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