Country size comparison
compared to
Cabo Verde is about 13 times smaller than Costa Rica.
Costa Rica is approximately 51,100 sq km, while Cabo Verde is approximately 4,033 sq km, making Cabo Verde 7.89% the size of Costa Rica. Meanwhile, the population of Costa Rica is ~5.2 million people (4.6 million fewer people live in Cabo Verde).
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