Country size comparison

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Nicaragua is about 11 times bigger than Vanuatu.

Vanuatu is approximately 12,189 sq km, while Nicaragua is approximately 130,370 sq km, making Nicaragua 970% larger than Vanuatu. Meanwhile, the population of Vanuatu is ~308,043 people (6.0 million more people live in Nicaragua).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Vanuatu vs. Nicaragua uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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