Country size comparison
compared to
Costa Rica is about 1.2 times bigger than Denmark.
Denmark is approximately 43,094 sq km, while Costa Rica is approximately 51,100 sq km, making Costa Rica 19% larger than Denmark. Meanwhile, the population of Denmark is ~6.0 million people (856,219 fewer people live in Costa Rica).
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