Country size comparison

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Laos is about 20 times bigger than Qatar.

Qatar is approximately 11,586 sq km, while Laos is approximately 236,800 sq km, making Laos 1,944% larger than Qatar. Meanwhile, the population of Qatar is ~2.5 million people (5.2 million more people live in Laos).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Qatar vs. Laos uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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