Country size comparison

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Libya is about 7 times bigger than Laos.

Laos is approximately 236,800 sq km, while Libya is approximately 1,759,540 sq km, making Libya 643% larger than Laos. Meanwhile, the population of Laos is ~7.7 million people (611,664 fewer people live in Libya).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Laos vs. Libya uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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