Country size comparison

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Laos is about 1.2 times bigger than Senegal.

Senegal is approximately 196,722 sq km, while Laos is approximately 236,800 sq km, making Laos 20% larger than Senegal. Meanwhile, the population of Senegal is ~17.9 million people (10.2 million fewer people live in Laos).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Senegal vs. Laos uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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