Country size comparison

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Laos is about 2.2 times smaller than Yemen.

Yemen is approximately 527,968 sq km, while Laos is approximately 236,800 sq km, making Laos 44.85% the size of Yemen. Meanwhile, the population of Yemen is ~41.8 million people (33.9 million fewer people live in Laos).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Yemen vs. Laos uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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