Country size comparison

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Laos is about 9 times bigger than Rwanda.

Rwanda is approximately 26,338 sq km, while Laos is approximately 236,800 sq km, making Laos 799% larger than Rwanda. Meanwhile, the population of Rwanda is ~13.2 million people (5.4 million fewer people live in Laos).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Rwanda vs. Laos uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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