Country size comparison

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Costa Rica is about 9 times smaller than Iraq.

Iraq is approximately 438,317 sq km, while Costa Rica is approximately 51,100 sq km, making Costa Rica 11.66% the size of Iraq. Meanwhile, the population of Iraq is ~40.5 million people (35.3 million fewer people live in Costa Rica).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Iraq vs. Costa Rica uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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