Country size comparison

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Nicaragua is about 2.5 times smaller than Vietnam.

Vietnam is approximately 331,210 sq km, while Nicaragua is approximately 130,370 sq km, making Nicaragua 39.36% the size of Vietnam. Meanwhile, the population of Vietnam is ~103.8 million people (97.5 million fewer people live in Nicaragua).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Vietnam vs. Nicaragua uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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