Country size comparison
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Costa Rica is about 2.6 times smaller than Alabama.
Alabama is approximately 131,426 sq km, while Costa Rica is approximately 51,100 sq km, making Costa Rica 38.88% the size of Alabama. Meanwhile, the population of Alabama is ~4.8 million people (424,675 more people live in Costa Rica).
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