Country size comparison

compared to

British Indian Ocean Territory is about 2,173 times smaller than Nicaragua.

Nicaragua is approximately 130,370 sq km, while British Indian Ocean Territory is approximately 60 sq km, making British Indian Ocean Territory 0.05% the size of Nicaragua. Meanwhile, the population of Nicaragua is ~7.0 million people (7.0 million fewer people live in British Indian Ocean Territory).

Tip: This to-scale comparison of Nicaragua vs. British Indian Ocean Territory uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.