Country size comparison

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Nicaragua is about 3.5 times smaller than Sweden.

Sweden is approximately 450,295 sq km, while Nicaragua is approximately 130,370 sq km, making Nicaragua 28.95% the size of Sweden. Meanwhile, the population of Sweden is ~10.5 million people (4.2 million fewer people live in Nicaragua).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Sweden vs. Nicaragua uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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