Country size comparison

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Louisiana is about 2.1 times smaller than Laos.

Laos is approximately 236,800 sq km, while Louisiana is approximately 112,825 sq km, making Louisiana 47.65% the size of Laos. Meanwhile, the population of Laos is ~7.7 million people (3.2 million fewer people live in Louisiana).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Laos vs. Louisiana uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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