Country size comparison

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Nicaragua is about 5 times bigger than Maryland.

Maryland is approximately 25,314 sq km, while Nicaragua is approximately 130,370 sq km, making Nicaragua 415% larger than Maryland. Meanwhile, the population of Maryland is ~5.8 million people (528,328 more people live in Nicaragua).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Maryland vs. Nicaragua uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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