Country size comparison

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Costa Rica is about 4 times smaller than Minnesota.

Minnesota is approximately 206,189 sq km, while Costa Rica is approximately 51,100 sq km, making Costa Rica 24.78% the size of Minnesota. Meanwhile, the population of Minnesota is ~5.3 million people (99,514 fewer people live in Costa Rica).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Minnesota vs. Costa Rica uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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