Eritrea vs Nicaragua: Land area

Eritrea

121,178 sq. km

in 2023

Nicaragua

120,340 sq. km

in 2023

Eritrea rank

97th

Nicaragua rank

99th

Land area over time

Eritrea
Nicaragua

How they compare

Eritrea currently reports 121,178 sq. km against 120,340 sq. km in Nicaragua, a difference of 838 sq. km.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 31 shared years of data; in 1993 it was Nicaragua ahead.

Globally, Eritrea ranks 97th and Nicaragua ranks 99th of 216 countries.

Individual pages

Land area in Eritrea
Land area in Nicaragua
Full country ranking

About this data

Indicator: Land area (sq. km)
Unit: sq. km
Source: FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 263 places, 15,310 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

Land area is a country's total area, excluding area under inland water bodies, national claims to continental shelf, and exclusive economic zones. In most cases the definition of inland water bodies includes major rivers and lakes.