Country size comparison

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Laos is about 1.6 times smaller than Zimbabwe.

Zimbabwe is approximately 390,757 sq km, while Laos is approximately 236,800 sq km, making Laos 60.6% the size of Zimbabwe. Meanwhile, the population of Zimbabwe is ~15.1 million people (7.4 million fewer people live in Laos).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Zimbabwe vs. Laos uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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