Country size comparison

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Nicaragua is about 5 times bigger than Rwanda.

Rwanda is approximately 26,338 sq km, while Nicaragua is approximately 130,370 sq km, making Nicaragua 395% larger than Rwanda. Meanwhile, the population of Rwanda is ~14.6 million people (7.6 million fewer people live in Nicaragua).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Rwanda vs. Nicaragua uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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