Country size comparison

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Nicaragua is about 3.1 times bigger than Netherlands.

Netherlands is approximately 41,543 sq km, while Nicaragua is approximately 130,370 sq km, making Nicaragua 214% larger than Netherlands. Meanwhile, the population of Netherlands is ~17.4 million people (11.1 million fewer people live in Nicaragua).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Netherlands vs. Nicaragua uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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