Country size comparison

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Nicaragua is about 2.5 times smaller than Malaysia.

Malaysia is approximately 329,847 sq km, while Nicaragua is approximately 130,370 sq km, making Nicaragua 39.52% the size of Malaysia. Meanwhile, the population of Malaysia is ~33.9 million people (27.6 million fewer people live in Nicaragua).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Malaysia vs. Nicaragua uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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