Christmas Island is about 966 times smaller than Nicaragua.

Nicaragua is approximately 130,370 sq km, while Christmas Island is approximately 135 sq km, making Christmas Island 0.1% the size of Nicaragua. Meanwhile, the population of Nicaragua is ~6.3 million people (6.3 million fewer people live in Christmas Island).
This to-scale comparison of Nicaragua vs. Christmas Island uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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