Country size comparison

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Nicaragua is about 3.6 times bigger than Taiwan.

Taiwan is approximately 35,980 sq km, while Nicaragua is approximately 130,370 sq km, making Nicaragua 262% larger than Taiwan. Meanwhile, the population of Taiwan is ~23.6 million people (17.3 million fewer people live in Nicaragua).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Taiwan vs. Nicaragua uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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