Country size comparison

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Costa Rica is about 7 times smaller than Japan.

Japan is approximately 377,915 sq km, while Costa Rica is approximately 51,100 sq km, making Costa Rica 13.52% the size of Japan. Meanwhile, the population of Japan is ~124.2 million people (119.0 million fewer people live in Costa Rica).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Japan vs. Costa Rica uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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