Country size comparison
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South Africa is about 5 times bigger than Laos.
Laos is approximately 236,800 sq km, while South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, making South Africa 415% larger than Laos. Meanwhile, the population of Laos is ~7.9 million people (56.9 million more people live in South Africa).
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