Country size comparison

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Laos is around the same size as Romania.

Romania is approximately 238,391 sq km, while Laos is approximately 236,800 sq km, making Laos 99.33% the size of Romania. Meanwhile, the population of Romania is ~18.5 million people (10.8 million fewer people live in Laos).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Romania vs. Laos uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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