Madagascar is 2,586 times larger than Laredo, Texas.
Area: 587,041 km2 World Factbook
Population: 23,201,926 (July 2014) World Factbook
Madagascar, officially the Republic of Madagascar and previously known as the Malagasy Republic, is an island country in the Indian Ocean, off the coast of Southeast Africa. The nation comprises the island of Madagascar, as well as numerous smaller peripheral islands. Wikipedia
Area: 227 km2 calculated
Laredo is the county seat of Webb County, Texas, United States, located on the north bank of the Rio Grande in South Texas, across from Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico. Wikipedia