Country size comparison

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Central African Republic is about 12 times bigger than Costa Rica.

Costa Rica is approximately 51,100 sq km, while Central African Republic is approximately 622,984 sq km, making Central African Republic 1,119% larger than Costa Rica. Meanwhile, the population of Costa Rica is ~5.2 million people (250,122 more people live in Central African Republic).
This to-scale comparison of Costa Rica vs. Central African Republic uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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