Country size comparison

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Nicaragua is about 1.5 times smaller than Senegal.

Senegal is approximately 196,722 sq km, while Nicaragua is approximately 130,370 sq km, making Nicaragua 66.27% the size of Senegal. Meanwhile, the population of Senegal is ~17.9 million people (11.6 million fewer people live in Nicaragua).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Senegal vs. Nicaragua uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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