Costa Rica is about 1.5 times smaller than Panama.

Panama is approximately 75,420 sq km, while Costa Rica is approximately 51,100 sq km, making Costa Rica 67.75% the size of Panama. Meanwhile, the population of Panama is ~4.3 million people (866,643 more people live in Costa Rica).
This to-scale comparison of Panama vs. Costa Rica uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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