Country size comparison

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Costa Rica is about 2.1 times smaller than Guatemala.

Guatemala is approximately 108,889 sq km, while Costa Rica is approximately 51,100 sq km, making Costa Rica 46.93% the size of Guatemala. Meanwhile, the population of Guatemala is ~17.7 million people (12.5 million fewer people live in Costa Rica).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Guatemala vs. Costa Rica uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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