Country size comparison
compared to
Costa Rica is about 162 times bigger than Malta.
Malta is approximately 316 sq km, while Costa Rica is approximately 51,100 sq km, making Costa Rica 16,071% larger than Malta. Meanwhile, the population of Malta is ~464,186 people (4.7 million more people live in Costa Rica).
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