Country size comparison
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Costa Rica is about 18 times smaller than Nigeria.
Nigeria is approximately 923,768 sq km, while Costa Rica is approximately 51,100 sq km, making Costa Rica 5.53% the size of Nigeria. Meanwhile, the population of Nigeria is ~225.1 million people (219.9 million fewer people live in Costa Rica).
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