Country size comparison

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Nicaragua is about 1.2 times bigger than Guatemala.

Guatemala is approximately 108,889 sq km, while Nicaragua is approximately 130,370 sq km, making Nicaragua 20% larger than Guatemala. Meanwhile, the population of Guatemala is ~17.7 million people (11.4 million fewer people live in Nicaragua).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Guatemala vs. Nicaragua uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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