Country size comparison
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Costa Rica is about 284 times bigger than Aruba.
Aruba is approximately 180 sq km, while Costa Rica is approximately 51,100 sq km, making Costa Rica 28,289% larger than Aruba. Meanwhile, the population of Aruba is ~122,320 people (5.1 million more people live in Costa Rica).
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