Country size comparison

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Thailand is about 2.2 times bigger than Laos.

Laos is approximately 236,800 sq km, while Thailand is approximately 513,120 sq km, making Thailand 117% larger than Laos. Meanwhile, the population of Laos is ~7.9 million people (63.7 million more people live in Thailand).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Laos vs. Thailand uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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