Country size comparison

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Nicaragua is about 1.4 times bigger than Portugal.

Portugal is approximately 92,090 sq km, while Nicaragua is approximately 130,370 sq km, making Nicaragua 42% larger than Portugal. Meanwhile, the population of Portugal is ~10.2 million people (3.9 million fewer people live in Nicaragua).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Portugal vs. Nicaragua uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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