Country size comparison

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Nicaragua is about 1.6 times smaller than Minnesota.

Minnesota is approximately 206,189 sq km, while Nicaragua is approximately 130,370 sq km, making Nicaragua 63.23% the size of Minnesota. Meanwhile, the population of Minnesota is ~5.3 million people (997,955 more people live in Nicaragua).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Minnesota vs. Nicaragua uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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