Country size comparison

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Saudi Arabia is about 9 times bigger than Laos.

Laos is approximately 236,800 sq km, while Saudi Arabia is approximately 2,149,690 sq km, making Saudi Arabia 808% larger than Laos. Meanwhile, the population of Laos is ~7.7 million people (27.6 million more people live in Saudi Arabia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Laos vs. Saudi Arabia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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