Country size comparison

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Nicaragua is about 4.3 times bigger than Lesotho.

Lesotho is approximately 30,355 sq km, while Nicaragua is approximately 130,370 sq km, making Nicaragua 329% larger than Lesotho. Meanwhile, the population of Lesotho is ~2.2 million people (4.1 million more people live in Nicaragua).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Lesotho vs. Nicaragua uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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