Country size comparison
compared to
Costa Rica is about 2.2 times smaller than Benin.
Benin is approximately 112,622 sq km, while Costa Rica is approximately 51,100 sq km, making Costa Rica 45.37% the size of Benin. Meanwhile, the population of Benin is ~13.8 million people (8.6 million fewer people live in Costa Rica).
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