Country size comparison

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Nicaragua is about 2.3 times smaller than Italy.

Italy is approximately 301,340 sq km, while Nicaragua is approximately 130,370 sq km, making Nicaragua 43.26% the size of Italy. Meanwhile, the population of Italy is ~61.1 million people (54.8 million fewer people live in Nicaragua).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Italy vs. Nicaragua uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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