Country size comparison
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Nicaragua is about 3.1 times smaller than California.
California is approximately 403,882 sq km, while Nicaragua is approximately 130,370 sq km, making Nicaragua 32.28% the size of California. Meanwhile, the population of California is ~37.3 million people (31.0 million fewer people live in Nicaragua).
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