Country size comparison

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Nicaragua is about 12 times bigger than Gambia.

Gambia is approximately 11,300 sq km, while Nicaragua is approximately 130,370 sq km, making Nicaragua 1,054% larger than Gambia. Meanwhile, the population of Gambia is ~2.8 million people (4.2 million more people live in Nicaragua).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Gambia vs. Nicaragua uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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