Country size comparison

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Nicaragua is about 6 times smaller than Zambia.

Zambia is approximately 752,618 sq km, while Nicaragua is approximately 130,370 sq km, making Nicaragua 17.32% the size of Zambia. Meanwhile, the population of Zambia is ~19.6 million people (13.3 million fewer people live in Nicaragua).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Zambia vs. Nicaragua uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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