Country size comparison

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Nicaragua is about 10 times smaller than Niger.

Niger is approximately 1,267,000 sq km, while Nicaragua is approximately 130,370 sq km, making Nicaragua 10.29% the size of Niger. Meanwhile, the population of Niger is ~24.5 million people (18.2 million fewer people live in Nicaragua).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Niger vs. Nicaragua uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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