Country size comparison

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Laos is about 1.4 times smaller than Vietnam.

Vietnam is approximately 331,210 sq km, while Laos is approximately 236,800 sq km, making Laos 71.5% the size of Vietnam. Meanwhile, the population of Vietnam is ~103.8 million people (96.1 million fewer people live in Laos).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Vietnam vs. Laos uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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