Country size comparison

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Russia is about 72 times bigger than Laos.

Laos is approximately 236,800 sq km, while Russia is approximately 17,098,242 sq km, making Russia 7,121% larger than Laos. Meanwhile, the population of Laos is ~7.9 million people (135.6 million more people live in Russia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Laos vs. Russia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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