Country size comparison
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Costa Rica is about 217 times bigger than Cook Islands.
Cook Islands is approximately 236 sq km, while Costa Rica is approximately 51,100 sq km, making Costa Rica 21,553% larger than Cook Islands. Meanwhile, the population of Cook Islands is ~14,222 people (5.1 million more people live in Costa Rica).
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