Country size comparison
compared to
Costa Rica is about 1.2 times bigger than Netherlands.
Netherlands is approximately 41,543 sq km, while Costa Rica is approximately 51,100 sq km, making Costa Rica 23% larger than Netherlands. Meanwhile, the population of Netherlands is ~17.4 million people (12.2 million fewer people live in Costa Rica).
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Moving from Costa Rica to Netherlands · OECD 2023
108 people moved from Costa Rica to Netherlands.
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