Country size comparison
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Northern Mariana Islands is about 510 times smaller than Laos.
Laos is approximately 236,800 sq km, while Northern Mariana Islands is approximately 464 sq km, making Northern Mariana Islands 0.2% the size of Laos. Meanwhile, the population of Laos is ~7.7 million people (7.7 million fewer people live in Northern Mariana Islands).
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