Country size comparison

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Zimbabwe is about 1.6 times bigger than Laos.

Laos is approximately 236,800 sq km, while Zimbabwe is approximately 390,757 sq km, making Zimbabwe 65% larger than Laos. Meanwhile, the population of Laos is ~7.7 million people (7.4 million more people live in Zimbabwe).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Laos vs. Zimbabwe uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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