Country size comparison
compared to
Costa Rica is about 32 times smaller than Iran.
Iran is approximately 1,648,195 sq km, while Costa Rica is approximately 51,100 sq km, making Costa Rica 3.1% the size of Iran. Meanwhile, the population of Iran is ~86.8 million people (81.6 million fewer people live in Costa Rica).
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