Country size comparison

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Nicaragua is about 4.7 times bigger than Burundi.

Burundi is approximately 27,830 sq km, while Nicaragua is approximately 130,370 sq km, making Nicaragua 368% larger than Burundi. Meanwhile, the population of Burundi is ~12.7 million people (6.4 million fewer people live in Nicaragua).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Burundi vs. Nicaragua uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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