Country size comparison

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Nicaragua is around the same size as Malawi.

Malawi is approximately 118,484 sq km, while Nicaragua is approximately 130,370 sq km, making Nicaragua 10% larger than Malawi. Meanwhile, the population of Malawi is ~20.8 million people (14.5 million fewer people live in Nicaragua).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Malawi vs. Nicaragua uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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