Country size comparison
compared to
Costa Rica is about 4.4 times bigger than Qatar.
Qatar is approximately 11,586 sq km, while Costa Rica is approximately 51,100 sq km, making Costa Rica 341% larger than Qatar. Meanwhile, the population of Qatar is ~2.5 million people (2.7 million more people live in Costa Rica).
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