Country size comparison

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Virginia is about 2.3 times smaller than Laos.

Laos is approximately 236,800 sq km, while Virginia is approximately 102,548 sq km, making Virginia 43.31% the size of Laos. Meanwhile, the population of Laos is ~7.7 million people (251,429 more people live in Virginia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Laos vs. Virginia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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