Country size comparison

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Vietnam is about 1.4 times bigger than Laos.

Laos is approximately 236,800 sq km, while Vietnam is approximately 331,210 sq km, making Vietnam 40% larger than Laos. Meanwhile, the population of Laos is ~7.7 million people (96.1 million more people live in Vietnam).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Laos vs. Vietnam uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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