Country size comparison

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Libya is about 14 times bigger than Nicaragua.

Nicaragua is approximately 130,370 sq km, while Libya is approximately 1,759,540 sq km, making Libya 1,250% larger than Nicaragua. Meanwhile, the population of Nicaragua is ~6.3 million people (836,051 more people live in Libya).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Nicaragua vs. Libya uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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