Country size comparison

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Nicaragua is about 1.2 times bigger than Bulgaria.

Bulgaria is approximately 110,879 sq km, while Nicaragua is approximately 130,370 sq km, making Nicaragua 18% larger than Bulgaria. Meanwhile, the population of Bulgaria is ~6.9 million people (571,373 fewer people live in Nicaragua).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Bulgaria vs. Nicaragua uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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