Country size comparison

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Costa Rica is about 12 times smaller than Central African Republic.

Central African Republic is approximately 622,984 sq km, while Costa Rica is approximately 51,100 sq km, making Costa Rica 8.2% the size of Central African Republic. Meanwhile, the population of Central African Republic is ~5.5 million people (360,332 fewer people live in Costa Rica).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Central African Republic vs. Costa Rica uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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