Country size comparison

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Laos is about 7 times bigger than Taiwan.

Taiwan is approximately 35,980 sq km, while Laos is approximately 236,800 sq km, making Laos 558% larger than Taiwan. Meanwhile, the population of Taiwan is ~23.6 million people (15.8 million fewer people live in Laos).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Taiwan vs. Laos uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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