Country size comparison
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Nicaragua is about 1.3 times smaller than Washington.
Washington is approximately 172,348 sq km, while Nicaragua is approximately 130,370 sq km, making Nicaragua 75.64% the size of Washington. Meanwhile, the population of Washington is ~6.7 million people (422,660 fewer people live in Nicaragua).
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