Country size comparison

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Nicaragua is about 1.3 times smaller than Suriname.

Suriname is approximately 163,820 sq km, while Nicaragua is approximately 130,370 sq km, making Nicaragua 79.58% the size of Suriname. Meanwhile, the population of Suriname is ~632,638 people (5.7 million more people live in Nicaragua).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Suriname vs. Nicaragua uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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