Country size comparison

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Portugal is about 2.6 times smaller than Laos.

Laos is approximately 236,800 sq km, while Portugal is approximately 92,090 sq km, making Portugal 38.89% the size of Laos. Meanwhile, the population of Laos is ~7.9 million people (2.9 million more people live in Portugal).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Laos vs. Portugal uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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