Country size comparison

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Costa Rica is about 142 times bigger than Detroit.

Detroit is approximately 359 sq km, while Costa Rica is approximately 51,100 sq km, making Costa Rica 14,122% larger than Detroit.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Detroit vs. Costa Rica uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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