Country size comparison

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Costa Rica is about 2 times bigger than Maryland.

Maryland is approximately 25,314 sq km, while Costa Rica is approximately 51,100 sq km, making Costa Rica 102% larger than Maryland. Meanwhile, the population of Maryland is ~5.8 million people (569,141 fewer people live in Costa Rica).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Maryland vs. Costa Rica uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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