Country size comparison
compared to
Costa Rica is about 1.5 times bigger than Moldova.
Moldova is approximately 33,851 sq km, while Costa Rica is approximately 51,100 sq km, making Costa Rica 51% larger than Moldova. Meanwhile, the population of Moldova is ~2.4 million people (2.8 million more people live in Costa Rica).
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