Country size comparison

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Laos is about 2.2 times smaller than Thailand.

Thailand is approximately 513,120 sq km, while Laos is approximately 236,800 sq km, making Laos 46.15% the size of Thailand. Meanwhile, the population of Thailand is ~71.6 million people (63.7 million fewer people live in Laos).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Thailand vs. Laos uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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