Country size comparison
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United States is about 42 times bigger than Laos.
Laos is approximately 236,800 sq km, while United States is approximately 9,833,517 sq km, making United States 4,053% larger than Laos. Meanwhile, the population of Laos is ~7.7 million people (329.6 million more people live in United States).
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