Country size comparison

compared to

Laos is about 3.6 times bigger than Sri Lanka.

Sri Lanka is approximately 65,610 sq km, while Laos is approximately 236,800 sq km, making Laos 261% larger than Sri Lanka. Meanwhile, the population of Sri Lanka is ~23.2 million people (15.4 million fewer people live in Laos).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Sri Lanka vs. Laos uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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