Country size comparison

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Laos is about 1.4 times bigger than Suriname.

Suriname is approximately 163,820 sq km, while Laos is approximately 236,800 sq km, making Laos 45% larger than Suriname. Meanwhile, the population of Suriname is ~632,638 people (7.1 million more people live in Laos).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Suriname vs. Laos uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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