Country size comparison
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Solomon Islands is about 8 times smaller than Laos.
Laos is approximately 236,800 sq km, while Solomon Islands is approximately 28,896 sq km, making Solomon Islands 12.2% the size of Laos. Meanwhile, the population of Laos is ~7.9 million people (7.0 million fewer people live in Solomon Islands).
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