Philippines is 1,321 times larger than Laredo, Texas.
Area: 300,000 km2 World Factbook
Population: 107,668,231 (July 2014) World Factbook
The Philippines, officially known as the Republic of the Philippines, is a sovereign island country in Southeast Asia situated in the western Pacific Ocean. It consists of 7,107 islands that are categorized broadly under three main geographical divisions: Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao. 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