Qatar is 9.5% larger than Los Angeles County, California.
Area: 11,586 km2 World Factbook
Population: 2,123,160 (July 2014) World Factbook
Qatar, officially the State of Qatar, is a sovereign Arab country, located in Western Asia, occupying the small Qatar Peninsula on the northeasterly coast of the Arabian Peninsula. Its sole land border is with Saudi Arabia to the south, with the rest of its territory surrounded by the Persian Gulf. Wikipedia
Area: 10,580 km2 calculated
Los Angeles County, also known as L.A. County, officially the County of Los Angeles, is a county in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2010 U.S. Census, the county has a population of 9,818,605, making it the most populous county in the United States. Wikipedia