Country size comparison
compared to
Costa Rica is about 1.8 times bigger than Albania.
Albania is approximately 28,748 sq km, while Costa Rica is approximately 51,100 sq km, making Costa Rica 78% larger than Albania. Meanwhile, the population of Albania is ~3.1 million people (2.1 million more people live in Costa Rica).
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