Country size comparison
compared to
Nicaragua is about 1.2 times bigger than Louisiana.
Louisiana is approximately 112,825 sq km,
while Nicaragua is approximately 130,370 sq km, making
Nicaragua 16% larger than Louisiana.
Meanwhile, the population of Louisiana is ~4.5 million people
(1.8 million more people live in Nicaragua).
This to-scale comparison of
Louisiana
vs.
Nicaragua
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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