New Mexico (USA) is 2.4 times larger than Nicaragua.
Area: 130,370 km2 World Factbook
Population: 5,848,641 (July 2014) World Factbook
Nicaragua, officially the Republic of Nicaragua, is the largest country in the Central American isthmus, bordering Honduras to the north and Costa Rica to the south. Wikipedia
New Mexico is a state located in the southwest and western regions of the United States. It is usually considered one of the Mountain States. New Mexico is the 5th most extensive, the 36th most populous, and the 6th least densely populated of the 50 United States. Wikipedia