Country size comparison

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Laos is about 4 times smaller than Tanzania.

Tanzania is approximately 947,300 sq km, while Laos is approximately 236,800 sq km, making Laos 25.0% the size of Tanzania. Meanwhile, the population of Tanzania is ~63.9 million people (56.1 million fewer people live in Laos).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Tanzania vs. Laos uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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