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Reported total area: 331,210 sq km. Population context: 106,688,169 (2025 est.). Geographic context: Southeastern Asia, bordering the Gulf of Thailand, Gulf of Tonkin, and South China Sea, as well as China, Laos, and Cambodia.

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