Country size comparison
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Laos is about 2.1 times smaller than Turkmenistan.
Turkmenistan is approximately 488,100 sq km, while Laos is approximately 236,800 sq km, making Laos 48.51% the size of Turkmenistan. Meanwhile, the population of Turkmenistan is ~5.6 million people (2.1 million more people live in Laos).
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