Country size comparison
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Costa Rica is about 25 times smaller than Peru.
Peru is approximately 1,285,216 sq km, while Costa Rica is approximately 51,100 sq km, making Costa Rica 3.98% the size of Peru. Meanwhile, the population of Peru is ~32.3 million people (27.1 million fewer people live in Costa Rica).
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Cost of Living Comparison · 7 categories - 2026 data
Peru is 39.7% cheaper than Costa Rica overall
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Moving from Costa Rica to Peru · UN DESA 2020
638 people born in Costa Rica live in Peru.
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