Country size comparison
compared to
Costa Rica is about 7 times smaller than Finland.
Finland is approximately 338,145 sq km, while Costa Rica is approximately 51,100 sq km, making Costa Rica 15.11% the size of Finland. Meanwhile, the population of Finland is ~5.6 million people (397,136 fewer people live in Costa Rica).
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Moving from Costa Rica to Finland · OECD 2023
6 people moved from Costa Rica to Finland.
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