Greece is 1.02× the size of Nicaragua

Greece covers about 131,000 km² (50,700 mi²) and Nicaragua about 129,000 km² (49,700 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

131,000km²Greece
129,000km²Nicaragua

200 km

Greece
Nicaragua

What fits

Nicaragua is 98% of the size of Greece.
Greece is larger by 2,670 km² (1,030 mi²), which is 2.1% of the area of Nicaragua.
Measured in Belgiums: Greece is about 4.28, Nicaragua about 4.20.

How they differ

Greece also has the larger population: 10.5 million against 5.1 million, 2.04× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 80 in Greece against 40 in Nicaragua: Greece is 2.00× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 10,600 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Greece at 39°N is drawn about 1.7× too large and Nicaragua at 13°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Greece as 1.61× the size of Nicaragua instead of 1.02×.
Together Greece and Nicaragua cover 260,000 km², close to the size of Gabon (260,000 km², 0.0% smaller).
The gap between them, 2,670 km², is about the size of Luxembourg (2,610 km²).
At Nicaragua's density, Greece would have 5.2 million people (it has 10.5 million). At Greece's density, Nicaragua would have 10.3 million (it has 5.1 million).
Greece's centre is 26.2° of latitude, about 2,910 km, farther north than Nicaragua's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Greece	1.02×
More people	Greece	2.04×
More crowded	Greece	2.00×
Farther north	Greece	26.2° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Greece	1.7× against 1.1×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Greece	Nicaragua
Belgium 30,700 km²	4.28×	4.20×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	0.54×	0.53×
Germany 358,000 km²	0.37×	0.36×
Japan 374,000 km²	0.35×	0.34×
France 548,000 km²	0.24×	0.23×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.04×	0.04×
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	0.02×	0.02×
United States 9,447,000 km²	0.01×	0.01×
Russia 16,980,000 km²	0.01×	0.01×

Each figure is the place's area divided by the yardstick's.

Side by side

	Greece	Nicaragua
Area, main territory	131,000 km²50,700 mi²	129,000 km²49,700 mi²
Population	10.5 millionWikidata, 2021	5.1 millionWikidata, 2005
Density	80 per km²	40 per km²
Official area	132,000 km²Wikidata	120,000 km²Wikidata
Capital	Athens	Managua
Latitude range	35°N to 42°N	11°N to 15°N
Continent	Europe	North America

Population: Wikidata 2021 and Wikidata 2005, covering each whole country. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 132,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 131,000 km², to within 2%.
Our measured 129,000 km² is 6.9% above Wikidata's official figure of 120,000 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.

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Sources and method

Outlines: Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, public domain
Boundary: De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth. Main territory: the largest landmass and every part within 1,000 km of it.
Area: Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outlines, shown rounded. Comparisons use main-territory area.
Drawing: Each outline is projected with an equal-area projection centred on its own centroid, so areas stay true and the two can be laid over each other.
Data built: 2026-11-11

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