Country size comparison
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Costa Rica is about 19 times bigger than Rhode Island.
Rhode Island is approximately 2,706 sq km, while Costa Rica is approximately 51,100 sq km, making Costa Rica 1,788% larger than Rhode Island. Meanwhile, the population of Rhode Island is ~1.1 million people (4.2 million more people live in Costa Rica).
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