Country size comparison
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Costa Rica is about 2.2 times bigger than Belize.
Belize is approximately 22,966 sq km, while Costa Rica is approximately 51,100 sq km, making Costa Rica 123% larger than Belize. Meanwhile, the population of Belize is ~412,387 people (4.8 million more people live in Costa Rica).
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