Country size comparison
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Costa Rica is about 1,812 times bigger than Macau.
Macau is approximately 28 sq km, while Costa Rica is approximately 51,100 sq km, making Costa Rica 181,106% larger than Macau. Meanwhile, the population of Macau is ~635,293 people (4.6 million more people live in Costa Rica).
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