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Costa Rica is about 124 times bigger than Athens.

Athens is approximately 412 sq km, while Costa Rica is approximately 51,100 sq km, making Costa Rica 12,303% larger than Athens.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Athens vs. Costa Rica uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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