Country size comparison

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Mexico is about 8 times bigger than Laos.

Laos is approximately 236,800 sq km, while Mexico is approximately 1,964,375 sq km, making Mexico 730% larger than Laos. Meanwhile, the population of Laos is ~7.7 million people (121.4 million more people live in Mexico).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Laos vs. Mexico uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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