Country size comparison

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Taiwan is about 7 times smaller than Laos.

Laos is approximately 236,800 sq km, while Taiwan is approximately 35,980 sq km, making Taiwan 15.19% the size of Laos. Meanwhile, the population of Laos is ~7.7 million people (15.8 million more people live in Taiwan).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Laos vs. Taiwan uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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