Country size comparison

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Panama is about 3.1 times smaller than Laos.

Laos is approximately 236,800 sq km, while Panama is approximately 75,420 sq km, making Panama 31.85% the size of Laos. Meanwhile, the population of Laos is ~7.7 million people (3.4 million fewer people live in Panama).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Laos vs. Panama uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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