Country size comparison
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Costa Rica is about 22 times smaller than Colombia.
Colombia is approximately 1,138,910 sq km, while Costa Rica is approximately 51,100 sq km, making Costa Rica 4.49% the size of Colombia. Meanwhile, the population of Colombia is ~49.1 million people (43.9 million fewer people live in Costa Rica).
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Be 43.5% more likely to live below the poverty line in Colombia
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Cost of Living Comparison · 7 categories - 2026 data
Colombia is 38.0% cheaper than Costa Rica overall
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Moving from Costa Rica to Colombia · UN DESA 2020
1,828 people born in Costa Rica live in Colombia.
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