Country size comparison

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Laos is about 8 times smaller than Sudan.

Sudan is approximately 1,861,484 sq km, while Laos is approximately 236,800 sq km, making Laos 12.72% the size of Sudan. Meanwhile, the population of Sudan is ~48.0 million people (40.2 million fewer people live in Laos).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Sudan vs. Laos uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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