Country size comparison

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Costa Rica is about 1.8 times smaller than Jordan.

Jordan is approximately 89,342 sq km, while Costa Rica is approximately 51,100 sq km, making Costa Rica 57.2% the size of Jordan. Meanwhile, the population of Jordan is ~11.0 million people (5.8 million fewer people live in Costa Rica).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Jordan vs. Costa Rica uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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