Country size comparison

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Niger is about 5 times bigger than Laos.

Laos is approximately 236,800 sq km, while Niger is approximately 1,267,000 sq km, making Niger 435% larger than Laos. Meanwhile, the population of Laos is ~7.7 million people (16.7 million more people live in Niger).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Laos vs. Niger uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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