Country size comparison

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Nicaragua is about 1.2 times bigger than Cuba.

Cuba is approximately 110,860 sq km, while Nicaragua is approximately 130,370 sq km, making Nicaragua 18% larger than Cuba. Meanwhile, the population of Cuba is ~11.0 million people (4.7 million fewer people live in Nicaragua).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Cuba vs. Nicaragua uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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