Country size comparison

compared to

Romania is around the same size as Laos.

Laos is approximately 236,800 sq km, while Romania is approximately 238,391 sq km, making Romania 1% larger than Laos. Meanwhile, the population of Laos is ~7.7 million people (10.8 million more people live in Romania).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Laos vs. Romania uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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