Country size comparison

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Laos is about 2.6 times bigger than Portugal.

Portugal is approximately 92,090 sq km, while Laos is approximately 236,800 sq km, making Laos 157% larger than Portugal. Meanwhile, the population of Portugal is ~10.2 million people (2.5 million fewer people live in Laos).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Portugal vs. Laos uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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