Country size comparison

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Somalia is about 2.7 times bigger than Laos.

Laos is approximately 236,800 sq km, while Somalia is approximately 637,657 sq km, making Somalia 169% larger than Laos. Meanwhile, the population of Laos is ~7.7 million people (4.6 million more people live in Somalia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Laos vs. Somalia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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