Country size comparison

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Laos is about 2.3 times bigger than Virginia.

Virginia is approximately 102,548 sq km, while Laos is approximately 236,800 sq km, making Laos 131% larger than Virginia. Meanwhile, the population of Virginia is ~8.0 million people (251,429 fewer people live in Laos).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Virginia vs. Laos uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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