Country size comparison
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Costa Rica is about 7 times smaller than Republic of the Congo.
Republic of the Congo is approximately 342,000 sq km, while Costa Rica is approximately 51,100 sq km, making Costa Rica 14.94% the size of Republic of the Congo. Meanwhile, the population of Republic of the Congo is ~5.5 million people (341,896 fewer people live in Costa Rica).
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