Country size comparison
compared to
Costa Rica is about 1.9 times bigger than Rwanda.
Rwanda is approximately 26,338 sq km, while Costa Rica is approximately 51,100 sq km, making Costa Rica 94% larger than Rwanda. Meanwhile, the population of Rwanda is ~13.2 million people (8.0 million fewer people live in Costa Rica).
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