Country size comparison

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Albania is about 1.8 times smaller than Costa Rica.

Costa Rica is approximately 51,100 sq km, while Albania is approximately 28,748 sq km, making Albania 56.26% the size of Costa Rica. Meanwhile, the population of Costa Rica is ~5.2 million people (2.1 million fewer people live in Albania).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Costa Rica vs. Albania uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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