Country size comparison

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Uganda is around the same size as Laos.

Laos is approximately 236,800 sq km, while Uganda is approximately 241,038 sq km, making Uganda 2% larger than Laos. Meanwhile, the population of Laos is ~7.9 million people (43.5 million more people live in Uganda).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Laos vs. Uganda uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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