Country size comparison

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Laos is about 6 times bigger than Switzerland.

Switzerland is approximately 41,277 sq km, while Laos is approximately 236,800 sq km, making Laos 474% larger than Switzerland. Meanwhile, the population of Switzerland is ~8.5 million people (759,103 fewer people live in Laos).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Switzerland vs. Laos uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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