Country size comparison

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Michigan is about 1.9 times bigger than Nicaragua.

Nicaragua is approximately 130,370 sq km, while Michigan is approximately 250,493 sq km, making Michigan 92% larger than Nicaragua. Meanwhile, the population of Nicaragua is ~6.3 million people (3.6 million more people live in Michigan).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Nicaragua vs. Michigan uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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