Country size comparison

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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).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Louisiana vs. Nicaragua uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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