Country size comparison

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Sweden is about 1.9 times bigger than Laos.

Laos is approximately 236,800 sq km, while Sweden is approximately 450,295 sq km, making Sweden 90% larger than Laos. Meanwhile, the population of Laos is ~7.7 million people (2.7 million more people live in Sweden).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Laos vs. Sweden uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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