Country size comparison
compared to
Costa Rica is around the same size as Croatia.
Croatia is approximately 56,594 sq km, while Costa Rica is approximately 51,100 sq km, making Costa Rica 90.29% the size of Croatia. Meanwhile, the population of Croatia is ~4.2 million people (1.0 million more people live in Costa Rica).
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