Country size comparison

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Uruguay is about 1.4 times bigger than Nicaragua.

Nicaragua is approximately 130,370 sq km, while Uruguay is approximately 176,215 sq km, making Uruguay 35% larger than Nicaragua. Meanwhile, the population of Nicaragua is ~6.3 million people (2.9 million fewer people live in Uruguay).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Nicaragua vs. Uruguay uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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