Country size comparison
compared to
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).
This to-scale comparison of
New Jersey
vs.
Nicaragua
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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