Costa Rica is about 12 times bigger than French Polynesia.

French Polynesia is approximately 4,167 sq km, while Costa Rica is approximately 51,100 sq km, making Costa Rica 1,126% larger than French Polynesia. Meanwhile, the population of French Polynesia is ~299,356 people (4.9 million more people live in Costa Rica).
This to-scale comparison of French Polynesia vs. Costa Rica uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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