Country size comparison

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Bhutan is about 1.3 times smaller than Costa Rica.

Costa Rica is approximately 51,100 sq km, while Bhutan is approximately 38,394 sq km, making Bhutan 75.14% the size of Costa Rica. Meanwhile, the population of Costa Rica is ~5.2 million people (4.3 million fewer people live in Bhutan).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Costa Rica vs. Bhutan uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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