Country size comparison
compared to
Costa Rica is about 34 times smaller than Libya.
Libya is approximately 1,759,540 sq km, while Costa Rica is approximately 51,100 sq km, making Costa Rica 2.9% the size of Libya. Meanwhile, the population of Libya is ~7.1 million people (1.9 million fewer people live in Costa Rica).
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