Country size comparison
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Bangladesh is about 2.9 times bigger than Costa Rica.
Costa Rica is approximately 51,100 sq km, while Bangladesh is approximately 148,460 sq km, making Bangladesh 191% larger than Costa Rica. Meanwhile, the population of Costa Rica is ~5.2 million people (160.4 million more people live in Bangladesh).
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Moving from Bangladesh to Costa Rica · UN DESA 2020
3 people born in Bangladesh live in Costa Rica.
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