Country size comparison
compared to
Nicaragua is around the same size as Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania is approximately 116,075 sq km, while Nicaragua is approximately 130,370 sq km, making Nicaragua 12% larger than Pennsylvania. Meanwhile, the population of Pennsylvania is ~12.7 million people (6.4 million fewer people live in Nicaragua).
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