Country size comparison
compared to
Costa Rica is about 38 times smaller than Mexico.
Mexico is approximately 1,964,375 sq km, while Costa Rica is approximately 51,100 sq km, making Costa Rica 2.6% the size of Mexico. Meanwhile, the population of Mexico is ~129.2 million people (123.9 million fewer people live in Costa Rica).
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