Country size comparison

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Eritrea is around the same size as Nicaragua.

Nicaragua is approximately 130,370 sq km, while Eritrea is approximately 117,600 sq km, making Eritrea 90.2% the size of Nicaragua. Meanwhile, the population of Nicaragua is ~6.3 million people (92,618 fewer people live in Eritrea).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Nicaragua vs. Eritrea uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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