Country size comparison

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Laos is about 19 times bigger than Vanuatu.

Vanuatu is approximately 12,189 sq km, while Laos is approximately 236,800 sq km, making Laos 1,843% larger than Vanuatu. Meanwhile, the population of Vanuatu is ~308,043 people (7.4 million more people live in Laos).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Vanuatu vs. Laos uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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