Country size comparison

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Laos is about 1.3 times bigger than Uruguay.

Uruguay is approximately 176,215 sq km, while Laos is approximately 236,800 sq km, making Laos 34% larger than Uruguay. Meanwhile, the population of Uruguay is ~3.4 million people (4.3 million more people live in Laos).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Uruguay vs. Laos uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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