Country size comparison
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Costa Rica is about 2.2 times smaller than Cuba.
Cuba is approximately 110,860 sq km, while Costa Rica is approximately 51,100 sq km, making Costa Rica 46.09% the size of Cuba. Meanwhile, the population of Cuba is ~11.0 million people (5.8 million fewer people live in Costa Rica).
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