Costa Rica is about 1.8 times smaller than Portugal.

Portugal is approximately 92,090 sq km, while Costa Rica is approximately 51,100 sq km, making Costa Rica 55.49% the size of Portugal. Meanwhile, the population of Portugal is ~10.2 million people (5.0 million fewer people live in Costa Rica).
This to-scale comparison of Portugal vs. Costa Rica uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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