Country size comparison

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Nicaragua is around the same size as Arkansas.

Arkansas is approximately 134,856 sq km, while Nicaragua is approximately 130,370 sq km, making Nicaragua 96.67% the size of Arkansas. Meanwhile, the population of Arkansas is ~2.9 million people (3.4 million more people live in Nicaragua).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Arkansas vs. Nicaragua uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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