Country size comparison

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Bolivia is about 22 times bigger than Costa Rica.

Costa Rica is approximately 51,100 sq km, while Bolivia is approximately 1,098,581 sq km, making Bolivia 2,050% larger than Costa Rica. Meanwhile, the population of Costa Rica is ~5.2 million people (6.8 million more people live in Bolivia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Costa Rica vs. Bolivia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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