Country size comparison
compared to
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).
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