Country size comparison
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Costa Rica is about 9 times bigger than Brunei.
Brunei is approximately 5,765 sq km, while Costa Rica is approximately 51,100 sq km, making Costa Rica 786% larger than Brunei. Meanwhile, the population of Brunei is ~478,054 people (4.7 million more people live in Costa Rica).
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