Country size comparison

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Costa Rica is about 568 times bigger than Fort Lauderdale.

Fort Lauderdale (excluding the city's 9.9 sq km of water area) is approximately 90 sq km, while Costa Rica is approximately 51,100 sq km, making Costa Rica 56,678% larger than Fort Lauderdale.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Fort Lauderdale vs. Costa Rica uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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