Country size comparison

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Nicaragua is about 7 times bigger than New Jersey.

New Jersey is approximately 19,211 sq km, while Nicaragua is approximately 130,370 sq km, making Nicaragua 579% larger than New Jersey. Meanwhile, the population of New Jersey is ~8.8 million people (2.5 million fewer people live in Nicaragua).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of New Jersey vs. Nicaragua uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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